New South Wales Consolidated Acts

APIARIES ACT 1985 - SECT 10

10 Particular duties of a registered beekeeper

(1) A registered beekeeper shall:

(a) keep in the English language such records as may be prescribed, containing such particulars as may be prescribed relating to the keeping of bees by that beekeeper, the movement of the beehives in which those bees are kept and the production of apiary products derived from those bees and hives, and

(b) preserve each of those records for a period of not less than 5 years after the last entry was made in it.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply so as to require the preservation of any records:

(a) in respect of which the Director-General has notified the beekeeper concerned that preservation is not required, or

(b) of a corporation which, having gone into liquidation, has finally been dissolved.

(3) Whenever a registered beekeeper disposes of a beehive, whether by sale or otherwise, the beekeeper shall, not later than 21 days after the disposal, notify the Director-General of the disposal by means of an approved form.

(4) A registered beekeeper who fails to comply with subsection (1) (a) or (b) or (3) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.