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Queensland
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS
ACT 1994
2 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 5 (Chief executive may make standards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 12 (False or misleading representations about
agricultural requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Amendment of s 13 (Offence about prohibited materials, harmful
ingredients etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 14 (Offence about false or misleading
representations about the use or non-use of hormonal growth promotants) . 7
8 Insertion of new s 14A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14A False or misleading representations about stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BRANDS ACT 1915
9 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 6A (Symbol brands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
12 Amendment of s 7 (Order of branding horses, camels and cattle) . . . . . . . 9
13 Amendment of s 8 (Age numerals and stud and herd book references) . . . 10
14 Amendment of s 9 (Distinctive brands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Amendment of s 9A (Special brands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16 Amendment of s 10 (Registration of sheep brands and marks) . . . . . . . . . . 11
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17 Amendment of s 14 (Distinguishing brand to be used by each
public pound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
18 Replacement of s 35 (Transitional provision about forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
35 Transitional provision for Primary Industries Legislation
Amendment Act 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CITY OF BRISBANE MARKET
ACT 1960
19 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
20 Amendment of s 29 (Carrying on business as a wholesaler other
than in market prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF FORESTRY ACT 1959
21 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
22 Insertion of new pt 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 7A--COMPETITION POLICY REFORM EXEMPTIONS
69A Definitions for pt 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
69B Specific authorisation for allocation and sale of native
forest sawlogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
69C Specific authorisation for grant of permit to get native
forest sawlogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
69D Expiry of pt 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF GRAIN INDUSTRY
(RESTRUCTURING) ACT 1991
23 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
24 Omission of schedule (Transitional provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993
25 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
26 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
27 Replacement of s 71 (Standards must be approved by regulation) . . . . . . . 16
71 Standard is subordinate legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
28 Amendment of s 104 (Appeal to District Court on questions of
law only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
29 Amendment of s 109 (Restraining orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
30 Replacement of s 162 (Public Sector Management Commission
Act 1990 not to apply) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
162 Public Service Act does not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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31 Replacement of pts 9 and 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 9--EXPIRY
167 Expiry of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend legislation about primary industries
s1 6 s4
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1998. 5
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 6
P
STANDARDS ACT 1994 7
amended in pt 2 8
Act
Clause 2. This part amends the Agricultural Standards Act 1994. 9
of s 4 (Definitions) 10
Amendment
Clause 3. Section 4-- 11
insert-- 12
` "agriculture" includes the sale of stock. 13
"stock" see Stock Act 1915, section 4.1'. 14
of s 5 (Chief executive may make standards) 15
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 5(1)-- 16
insert-- 17
`(f) selling stock.'. 18
1 Under the Stock Act 1915, "stock" includes camels, cattle, deer, goats, horses,
llamas, pigs, poultry and sheep.
s5 7 s8
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of s 12 (False or misleading representations about 1
Amendment
agricultural requirements) 2
Clause 5. Section 12(1), penalty, `50'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`100'. 5
of s 13 (Offence about prohibited materials, harmful 6
Amendment
ingredients etc.) 7
Clause 6. Section 13(2), penalty, `50'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`100'. 10
of s 14 (Offence about false or misleading 11
Amendment
representations about the use or non-use of hormonal growth 12
promotants) 13
Clause 7.(1) Section 14(1), `an animal'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`stock'. 16
(2) Section 14(1), penalty, `50'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`100'. 19
(3) Section 14(2), `animal'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`stock'. 22
of new s 14A 23
Insertion
Clause 8. After section 14-- 24
insert-- 25
s9 8 s 10
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or misleading representations about stock 1
`False
`14A.(1) A person must not, in trade or commerce, in connection with 2
the sale of stock, make a representation about a prescribed matter for the 3
stock the person knows is `false or misleading' to the person's knowledge, 4
without specifying which. 5
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 6
`(2) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to 7
state the representation made was `false or misleading' to the person's 8
knowledge, without specifying which. 9
`(3) In this section-- 10
"prescribed matter" means-- 11
(a) the property from which the stock were sourced for the sale; or 12
(b) the period the stock were held on the property; or 13
(c) the accreditation of the property by an industry body for the stock; 14
or 15
(d) the treatment of the stock with, or other exposure of the stock to, 16
a chemical or drug (other than a hormonal growth promotant); or 17
(e) the feeding of the stock; or 18
(f) another matter prescribed under a regulation.'. 19
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BRANDS ACT 1915 20
amended in pt 3 21
Act
Clause 9. This part amends the Brands Act 1915. 22
of s 3 (Definitions) 23
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 3, definition "sheep brand"-- 24
omit. 25
s 11 9 s 12
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(2) Section 3-- 1
insert-- 2
` "sheep brand" means-- 3
(a) a registered fire brand permanently impressed on the horn of a 4
sheep or goat; or 5
(b) a registered paint brand imprinted on the wool on any part of a 6
sheep or goat. 7
"twist", of an animal, means the upper rear portion of the animal's hind leg 8
between the pin bone and the hock.'. 9
(3) Section 3, definition "distinctive brand", `cheek or'-- 10
omit. 11
of s 6A (Symbol brands) 12
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 6A(3) and (4)-- 13
omit. 14
of s 7 (Order of branding horses, camels and cattle) 15
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Section 7, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Branding horses, camels and cattle'. 18
(2) Section 7(1) to (8)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`7.(1) Subject to section 9(3),2 a person may only imprint a brand on a 21
horse or camel in the following positions-- 22
(a) quarter; 23
(b) shoulder; 24
(c) thigh. 25
2 Section 9 (Distinctive brands)
s 13 10 s 13
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`(2) Subject to section 9(3), a person may only imprint a brand on a head 1
of cattle in the following positions-- 2
(a) neck; 3
(b) rump; 4
(c) shoulder; 5
(d) thigh; 6
(e) twist. 7
`(3) Subject to subsection (4)(a)(i), a person may imprint a brand on an 8
animal at any angle. 9
`(4) If a person imprints a brand in the same position as an existing 10
brand, the person must-- 11
(a) imprint the brand-- 12
(i) at the same angle as the existing brand; and 13
(ii) exactly beneath the existing brand; and 14
(b) ensure the topmost extremity of the brand is at least 35 mm, and 15
not more than 65 mm, beneath the lowest extremity of the 16
existing brand.'. 17
(3) Section 7(9)-- 18
renumber as subsection (5). 19
of s 8 (Age numerals and stud and herd book references) 20
Amendment
Clause 13.(1) Section 8(2) and (2A)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(2) A person may only imprint a numeral or numerals-- 23
(a) for a horse or head of cattle--in a position stated for the brand 24
under section 7; or 25
(b) for a pig--in a position stated for the brand under 26
section 11A(5).3 27
3 Section 11A (Registration of pig brands)
s 14 11 s 16
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`(2A) A person who imprints a numeral or numerals in the same 1
position as an existing brand must-- 2
(a) imprint the numeral or numerals-- 3
(i) at the same angle as the existing brand; and 4
(ii) exactly beneath the existing brand; and 5
(b) ensure the topmost extremity of the numeral or numerals is at 6
least 35 mm, and not more than 65 mm, beneath the lowest 7
extremity of the existing brand.'. 8
(2) Section 8(4), `The provisions of subsections (2)(b)'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Subsections (2A)(b)'. 11
(3) Section 8-- 12
insert-- 13
`(5) In this section-- 14
"existing brand" on an animal means-- 15
(a) the registered brand imprinted on the animal; or 16
(b) a numeral imprinted exactly beneath the registered brand 17
imprinted on the animal.'. 18
of s 9 (Distinctive brands) 19
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 9(3), `cheek or'-- 20
omit. 21
of s 9A (Special brands) 22
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 9A(4)-- 23
omit. 24
of s 10 (Registration of sheep brands and marks) 25
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 10, heading-- 26
s 17 12 s 18
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omit, insert-- 1
`Registration and position of sheep brands and marks'. 2
(2) Section 10(3), heading-- 3
omit. 4
(3) Section 10(3), `face or'-- 5
omit. 6
of s 14 (Distinguishing brand to be used by each public 7
Amendment
pound) 8
Clause 17. Section 14(2), from `on the positions'-- 9
omit. 10
of s 35 (Transitional provision about forms) 11
Replacement
Clause 18. Section 35-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
provision for Primary Industries Legislation 14
`Transitional
Amendment Act 1998 15
`35.(1) This section applies if, immediately before its commencement, a 16
person held an authority under section 6A(3) or 9A(4)4 to imprint a symbol 17
or special brand on an animal. 18
`(2) On the commencement, the authority is taken to have effect to 19
authorise the imprinting of a symbol or special brand on an animal only in a 20
position stated under section 7.5 21
`(3) Within 30 days after the commencement, the registrar must give to 22
the person written notice stating the positions, under section 7, in which the 23
person may imprint a symbol or special brand on an animal. 24
`(4) This section expires on 31 March 1999.'. 25
4 Section 6A (Symbol brands) or 9A (Special brands)
5 Section 7 (Branding horses, camels and cattle)
s 19 13 s 22
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ART 4--AMENDMENT OF CITY OF BRISBANE 1
P
MARKET ACT 1960 2
amended in pt 4 3
Act
Clause 19. This part amends the City of Brisbane Market Act 1960. 4
of s 29 (Carrying on business as a wholesaler other than 5
Amendment
in market prohibited) 6
Clause 20. Section 29-- 7
insert-- 8
`(5) This section expires on 31 August 1999.'. 9
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF FORESTRY ACT 1959 10
amended in pt 5 11
Act
Clause 21. This part amends the Forestry Act 1959. 12
of new pt 7A 13
Insertion
Clause 22. After section 69-- 14
insert-- 15
`PART 7A--COMPETITION POLICY REFORM 16
EXEMPTIONS 17
for pt 7A 18
`Definitions
`69A. In this part-- 19
"allocation holder" means a person who holds an allocation, under the 20
native forest sawlog allocation system, for native forest sawlogs in an 21
allocation zone. 22
s 22 14 s 22
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"allocation zone" means an allocation zone under the native forest sawlog 1
allocation system. 2
"competition legislation" means the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwlth), 3
section 51(1)(b)6 or section 517 of the Competition Code of 4
Queensland.8 5
"native forest sawlog" means native hardwood or cypress timber for use 6
for sawmilling. 7
"native forest sawlog allocation system" means the non-competitive 8
system established by the corporation for the allocation and sale, under 9
part 6, of native forest sawlogs. 10
"sales permit" means a permit granted under section 569 for getting native 11
forest sawlogs under the native forest sawlog allocation system. 12
authorisation for allocation and sale of native forest sawlogs 13
`Specific
`69B. The following things are specifically authorised for the competition 14
legislation-- 15
(a) the allocation and sale of native forest sawlogs by the corporation 16
under the native forest sawlog allocation system; 17
(b) the allocation of native forest sawlogs in an allocation zone to a 18
person based on-- 19
(i) the sustainable yield of sawlogs in the zone; and 20
6 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwlth), section 51 (Exceptions)
7 Section 51 of the Competition Code of Queensland states that in deciding
whether a person has contravened the Competition Code, Part IV, certain things
must be disregarded. Section 51 of the Code provides that the following must be
disregarded--
(a) ...
(b) anything done in a State, if the thing is specified in, and specifically authorised by:
(i) an Act passed by the Parliament of that State; or
(ii) regulations made under such an Act.
8 The Code applies as a law of Queensland under the Competition Policy Reform
(Queensland) Act 1996, part 2.
9 Section 56 (Permits etc.)
s 23 15 s 23
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(ii) the past performance of each allocation holder in getting 1
sawlogs in the zone. 2
authorisation for grant of permit to get native forest sawlogs 3
`Specific
`69C.(1) The following things are specifically authorised for the 4
competition legislation-- 5
(a) the grant of a sales permit to a person; 6
(b) the imposition by the corporation of a permit condition on the 7
grant of a sales permit. 8
`(2) In this section-- 9
"permit condition", for a sales permit, means a condition imposed on the 10
permit about any of the following-- 11
(a) the area to which the permit applies; 12
(b) the volume of native forest sawlogs the permittee may get under 13
the permit; 14
(c) the period in which the permittee may get the sawlogs; 15
(d) the minimum tree size a permittee may get under the permit; 16
(e) the prices payable under the permit by the permittee to the 17
corporation. 18
of pt 7A 19
`Expiry
`69D. This part expires 1 year after it commences.'. 20
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF GRAIN INDUSTRY 21
(RESTRUCTURING) ACT 1991 22
amended in pt 6 23
Act
Clause 23. This part amends the Grain Industry (Restructuring) Act 1991. 24
s 24 16 s 28
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of schedule (Transitional provisions) 1
Omission
Clause 24. Schedule-- 2
omit. 3
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF MEAT INDUSTRY 4
ACT 1993 5
amended in pt 7 6
Act
Clause 25. This part amends the Meat Industry Act 1993. 7
of s 4 (Definitions) 8
Amendment
Clause 26. Section 4-- 9
insert-- 10
` "chief meat officer" means the person appointed under this Act as the 11
chief meat officer.'. 12
of s 71 (Standards must be approved by regulation) 13
Replacement
Clause 27. Section 71-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
is subordinate legislation 16
`Standard
`71. A standard is subordinate legislation.'. 17
of s 104 (Appeal to District Court on questions of law 18
Amendment
only) 19
Clause 28. Section 104, `a District Court'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`the District Court'. 22
s 29 17 s 31
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of s 109 (Restraining orders) 1
Amendment
Clause 29. Section 109(1), `a District Court'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the District Court'. 4
of s 162 (Public Sector Management Commission Act 5
Replacement
1990 not to apply) 6
Clause 30. Section 162-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
Service Act does not apply 9
`Public
`162. The Public Service Act 1996 does not apply to the abattoir 10
corporation or its employees.'. 11
of pts 9 and 10 12
Replacement
Clause 31. Parts 9 and 10-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`PART 9--EXPIRY 15
of Act 16
`Expiry
`167. This Act expires on 1 January 2001.'. 17
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