HYDROPONICS INDUSTRY CONTROL ACT 2009 - SECT 3
HYDROPONICS INDUSTRY CONTROL ACT 2009 - SECT 3
In this Act—
"approval" means approval as a hydroponics industry employee under
section 17;
"authorised officer" means—
(a) a
police officer; and
(b) a
person, or class of persons, authorised by the Minister under section 25;
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;
"criminal intelligence" means information relating to actual or suspected
criminal activity (whether in this State or elsewhere) the disclosure of which
could reasonably be expected to prejudice criminal investigations, to enable
the discovery of the existence or identity of a confidential source of
information relevant to law enforcement or to endanger a person's life or
physical safety;
"director" of a body corporate includes—
(a) a
person occupying or acting in the position of director or member of the
governing body of the body corporate, by whatever name called and whether or
not validly appointed to occupy or duly authorised to act in the position; and
(b) any
person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors or
members of the governing body of the body corporate are accustomed to act;
"hydroponic equipment" means equipment that is designed to be used, or is of a
kind that is commonly used, for a purpose related to the cultivation of plants
using hydroponic methods;
"licence" or "hydroponic equipment dealer's licence means a hydroponic
equipment dealer's licence under section 11;
"prescribed equipment" means hydroponic equipment declared by the regulations
to be prescribed equipment (whether or not the equipment is in working order
or has been, or is being, modified in any way);
"sell" includes—
(a)
auction, barter, exchange or let on hire; or
(b)
offer for sale, auction, barter, exchange or letting on hire; or
(c)
cause or permit to be offered for sale, auction, barter, exchange or letting
on hire; or
(d)
possess for the purposes of sale, auction, barter, exchange or letting on
hire;
"senior police officer" means a police officer of or above the rank of
inspector.