New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BANANA INDUSTRY ACT 1987 - SECT 6

6 Further functions of the Committee

The Committee may:

(a) enter into and carry out agreements to buy, acquire, sell or supply bananas, whether grown in New South Wales or otherwise,

(d) by its agents and servants (but only in connection with the exercise of the Committee’s functions, under section 5 or 6, in relation to pest or disease control):

(i) inspect bananas at any stage of their production or marketing, and

(ii) enter for that purpose at any reasonable time any land or premises (not being a dwelling-house) on which bananas are grown, stored, ripened or handled on production of the prescribed written evidence of the agent’s or servant’s authority,

(e) by its agents and servants, treat, withhold, remove, destroy or withdraw from the market bananas which, in the Committee’s opinion, are infested by a pest, or infected with a disease, that poses a threat to the commercial viability of banana growers in the State,

(f) by advertisement, exempt a banana grower in any particular case from any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations on such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate,

(i) by advertisement, declare localities in which bananas are grown for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of:

(i) the Committee’s functions under section 5 or 6 relating to pest or disease control, or

(ii) the Committee’s functions under section 7 (2) (a) or section 9 (2) (b), or

(iii) any other of the Committee’s administrative functions under this Act,

(j) enter into any agreements and give guarantees and indemnities in favour of any person who contracts with the Committee or enters into any agreements at the request of or under the authority or direction of the Committee,

(k) acquire land, machinery and plant (including refrigerating machinery and plant and machinery and plant suitable for the ripening of bananas), goods, chattels and effects,

(l) erect, maintain, repair, operate and use buildings and all machinery connected with any such buildings,

(la) regulate the use of buildings of any banana grower and all machinery connected with any such buildings for the purpose of controlling pests or diseases in bananas,

(m) subject to sections 7 and 8 in the case of the supply of a service, impose a charge or charge a fee whenever the Committee supplies any service, product or commodity or gives any permission,

(n) appoint, employ or authorise agents, officers, servants and other persons,

(o) arrange for financial accommodation with any bank, building society or credit union, or with any other institution or person approved by the Governor, and give such securities for any such financial accommodation as may be required,

(p) make such arrangements as it deems necessary with regard to sales of bananas for export or for consignment to other countries or States for oversea ships’ stores for persons who voluntarily participate in the arrangements, and

(q) enter into and carry out such contracts and do and suffer such other acts as may be necessary or expedient for the exercise or discharge of its functions under this Act.