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Queensland
AGRICULTURAL
STANDARDS AMENDMENT
BILL 1993
Queensland
AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS
AMENDMENT BILL 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s.16 (Registration of agricultural requirement) . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s.22 (Period of registration of agricultural requirements) . . 4
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MINOR AMENDMENTS
1993
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Agricultural Standards Act 1952
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BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with 1
the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 2
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows. 3
title 4
Short
This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Standards Amendment 5
Clause1.
Act 1993. 6
7
Commencement
Clause2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 8
Act 9
Amended
The Agricultural Standards Act 1952 is amended as set out in this 10
Clause3.
Act. 11
of s.16 (Registration of agricultural requirement) 12
Amendment
Section 16(2)-- 13
Clause4.
omit, insert-- 14
`(2) The registration of an agricultural requirement mentioned in 15
section 22(1)(a) may be renewed by an application made at least 1 month 16
before expiry of the registration.'. 17
of s.22 (Period of registration of agricultural 18
Amendment
requirements) 19
Clause5. Section 22(3) and (4)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(3) The registration of an agricultural requirement mentioned in 22
subsection (1)(b) or (c) that was in force immediately before the 23
commencement of the Agricultural Standards Amendment Act 1993 24
continues in force indefinitely after the commencement unless cancelled 25
under section 24, 25, 26 or 36. 26
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`(4) Subsection (3) applies despite any notification to the contrary in the 1
notification of registration, or notification of renewal of registration, of the 2
agricultural requirement.'. 3
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 3 3
1. Section 2-- 4
omit. 5
2. Section 7(1)-- 6
insert-- 7
` "chief executive" means the chief executive of the department;'. 8
3. Section 7(1) (definitions "Declared drug", "Fertilizer", "Growth 9
regulating material", "Impurity", "Marking preparation", 10
"Prohibited material", "Prohibited seeds", "Stock food", "Testing 11
reagent")-- 12
omit `by the Governor in Council by Order in Council or'. 13
4.Section 7(1) (definition "Inspector")-- 14
omit `: The term includes an acting inspector'. 15
5. Section 7(1) (definition "Minister")-- 16
omit. 17
6. Section 7(1) (definition "Officer")-- 18
omit all words from `: The term' to `such officer'. 19
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7. Section 7(1) (definition "Rules")-- 1
omit. 2
8. Sections 8 and 8A-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Appointment of officers 5
`8.(1) Officers necessary for the administration of this Act, including-- 6
(a) a standards officer; and 7
(b) a deputy standards officer; and 8
(c) assistant standards officers; and 9
(d) analysts; and 10
(e) seed analysts; and 11
(f) inspectors; and 12
(g) seed certification officers; and 13
(h) seed specialists; 14
may be appointed under the Public Service Management and Employment 15
Act 1988. 16
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the appointment of a person to be a 17
member of the Board, the committee or any subcommittee. 18
`Delegation by standards officer 19
`8A. The standards officer may delegate the standards officer's powers 20
under this or another Act to an assistant standards officer.'. 21
9. Section 9(2)(i)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(i) the chief executive who is the chairperson;'. 24
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10. Section 13-- 1
omit. 2
11. Section 14(1)-- 3
omit `the Governor in Council by Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 4
12. Section 14(2) and (3)-- 5
omit. 6
13. Section 15-- 7
omit `$100', insert `2 penalty units'. 8
14. Section 15-- 9
omit `$200', insert `4 penalty units'. 10
15. Section 15-- 11
omit `$1 000' (twice occurring), insert `20 penalty units'. 12
16. Section 17(penalty)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units'. 15
17. Section 31(3)-- 16
omit `Under Secretary' (wherever occurring), insert `chief executive'. 17
18. Section 41(7)-- 18
omit. 19
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19. Section 42A-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Delegation by committee 3
`42A.(1) The committee may delegate the committee's powers under 4
this or another Act to-- 5
(a) a subcommittee; or 6
(b) the standards officer. 7
`(2) Rules may be made under section 42(4) determining guidelines 8
within which a delegate must exercise a power delegated to the delegate.'. 9
20. Section 51-- 10
omit `$100', insert `2 penalty units'. 11
21. Section 51-- 12
omit `$200', insert `4 penalty units'. 13
22. Section 51-- 14
omit `$1 000' (wherever occurring), insert `20 penalty units'. 15
23. Section 56-- 16
omit `by Order in Council or'. 17
24. Section 63-- 18
omit `Order in Council or'. 19
25. Section 83(2)-- 20
omit `$1 000', insert `20 penalty units'. 21
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26. Section 93-- 1
omit `Order in Council' (1st occurring), insert `regulation'. 2
27. Section 93-- 3
omit all words from `either generally' to `such Order in Council'. 4
28. Section 94-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Regulations 7
`94.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes 8
of this Act. 9
`(2) A regulation may make provision with respect to a matter specified 10
in the Schedule.'. 11
29. Section 95-- 12
omit. 13
30. Schedule 2, clause 28-- 14
omit `$1 000', insert `20 penalty units'. 15
31. Schedule 2, clause 28-- 16
omit `$50', insert `1 penalty unit'. 17
32. Schedule 2, clause 29-- 18
omit. 19
33. Schedule 2 (heading)-- 20
omit `2'. 21
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© State of Queensland 1993
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