New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TIMBER MARKETING ACT 1977 - SECT 12

12 Describing timber as dried or seasoned

A person shall not sell any timber:

(a) described by the person, the person’s servants or agents as being kiln dried, air dried, dry or seasoned, or

(b) described by the person, the person’s servants or agents in such manner as to convey or be likely to convey to any person the impression that that timber is kiln dried, air dried, dry or seasoned,

(c) where the moisture content of that timber is clearly shown on the invoice or docket of sale-the moisture content of that timber, when determined in the prescribed manner, complies, as at the date of sale, with the moisture content so shown, or

(d) where no moisture content as referred to in paragraph (c) is so shown:

(i) where a standard has been prescribed which specifies the moisture content for that timber or for a class or description of timber to which class or description that timber belongs and the manner of determining that moisture content, the moisture content of that timber when determined in that manner complies, as at the date of sale, with that standard, or

(ii) where no such standard has been prescribed, the moisture content of any piece of that timber when determined in the prescribed manner is not, as at the date of sale, less than 10 per cent or more than 15 per cent by mass.