New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BANANA INDUSTRY ACT 1987 - SECT 2

2 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"advertisement" means an advertisement published in the official journal of the Federation or an official publication of the Committee.
"banana grower" means a person by whom or on whose behalf bananas are grown on a plantation (whether or not the bananas are grown or produced pursuant to a share-farming agreement or partnership agreement, oral or written), but does not include a person engaged as an employee on wages or salary or at piece-work rates.
"bananas" means bananas growing or grown in New South Wales, and includes banana plants and all parts of banana plants.
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Committee.
"Committee" means the Banana Industry Committee constituted by this Act.
"election" means an election of a regional member of the Committee.
"Federation" means the Banana Growers Federation Co-operative Limited, a society registered under the Co-operatives Act 1992 .
"marketing", in relation to bananas or banana products, means:

(a) the harvesting, preparation, processing and packing of bananas or banana products for sale,

(b) the shipping, transporting, storing, ripening and handling of bananas or banana products for sale,

(c) the transmission of bananas or banana products from a banana grower to another person,

(d) the sale of bananas or banana products, and

(e) all actions or things connected with or incidental to any of the foregoing.

"member" means a member of the Committee.
"plantation" means a parcel of land on which bananas are grown having:

(a) if no minimum area is prescribed under paragraph (b)-a minimum area of 0.5 hectares, or

(b) such minimum area as may be prescribed.

"poll" means a poll taken, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, among banana growers.
"proclamation" means a proclamation published in the Gazette.
"region" means a region of the banana industry to be represented on the Committee.
"regional member" means a member of the Committee who represents a region.
"regulation" means a regulation made under this Act.
"sell" includes barter and exchange.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3) The Chairperson may be referred to as the Chairman or Chairwoman.