Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HONEY MARKETING ACT 1988 No. 33 of 1988 - SECT 6

6. (1) The functions of the Board are:

   (a)  to assist in the export marketing of Australian honey;

   (b)  to control, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, the
        export of honey from Australia;

   (c)  to keep under review the controls on the export of honey and to
        recommend to the Minister any changes in those controls that the Board
        considers appropriate;

   (d)  to promote the consumption and sale of Australian honey both in
        Australia and overseas; and

   (e)  to make recommendations to the Minister with respect to:

        (i)    the rate to be prescribed from time to time for the purposes of
               paragraph 7 (1) (a) of the Honey Export Charge Act 1973;

        (ii)   the rate to be prescribed from time to time for the purposes of
               paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962; and

        (iii)  the rate to be prescribed from time to time for the purposes of
               paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962.

(2) The Board shall not perform its functions:

   (a)  otherwise than for a purpose in respect of which the Parliament has
        power to make laws; or

   (b)  so as to give preference, inconsistently with the Constitution, to one
        State or any part thereof over another State or any part thereof.

(3) The Board may perform any of its functions outside Australia.