New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POULTRY MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1986 - SECT 9

9 Authorisations

(1) The following are specifically authorised by this Act for the purposes of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth and the Competition Code of New South Wales :

(a) any agreements entered into between 2 or more growers, or between 2 or more growers and a processor, in relation to the growing of designated poultry,

(b) the conduct of those growers and that processor in negotiating and entering into any such agreement,

(c) the conduct of those growers and that processor in performing any such agreement.

(2) Anything authorised to be done by this section is authorised only to the extent to which it would otherwise contravene Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth or the Competition Code of New South Wales .

(3) In this section, "agreement" includes a contract, arrangement or understanding.