New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES (RIVERINA CITRUS) REGULATION 2007 - NOTES

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council and the concurrence of the Premier, has made the following Regulation under the Agricultural Industry Services Act 1998.
Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to remake, without substantial alteration, the Agricultural Industry Services (Riverina Citrus) Regulation 2002. This Regulation will be repealed on 1 September 2007 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
This Regulation establishes Riverina Citrus as an agricultural industry services committee. The Committee is established for growers of citrus fruit within the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (the "MIA"), other than those whose citrus fruit orchards have a total area of less than 2 hectares.
The Committee is constituted for the following agricultural industry services in relation to the MIA:

(a) to contribute to the funding of fruit fly eradication programs,

(b) to facilitate the adoption of orchard management practices aimed at improving citrus fruit production,

(c) to obtain and disseminate information relevant to the citrus fruit industry, including the development of a forecasting service for production,

(d) to contribute to promotional activities aimed at increasing the sale of citrus fruit,

(e) to facilitate the development of new and existing export markets for citrus fruit,

(f) to provide for communication between growers of citrus fruit in the MIA and government departments and agencies, public authorities and the general public.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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