New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TIMBER MARKETING ACT 1977 - SECT 12A

12A Certain timber to be dried or seasoned, or described as unseasoned

A person shall not sell any timber of a prescribed class or description unless:

(a) if 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,

(b) if no moisture content as referred to in paragraph (a) is so shown:

(i) if a standard has been prescribed that specifies the moisture content for that timber or for a class or description of timber to which 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) if 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, or

(c) the timber is described as unseasoned.