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SEEDS AMENDMENT BILL 31 OF 2003

                                      TASMANIA


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                      SEEDS AMENDMENT BILL 2003

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                                      CONTENTS
               1.   Short title
               2.   Commencement
               3.   Principal Act
               4.   Sections 8 and 9 inserted
                     8.     Prohibited seeds
                     9.     Exemptions




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                     SEEDS AMENDMENT BILL 2003

             (Brought in by the Minister for Primary Industries, Water
            and Environment, the Honourable Bryan Alexander Green)

                                  A BILL FOR

            An Act to amend the Seeds Act 1985



            Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
            by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
            Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
            as follows:


            Short title

            1. This Act may be cited as the Seeds Amendment Act
            2003.



            Commencement

            2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
            receives the Royal Assent.


            Principal Act

            3. In this Act, the Seeds Act 1985* is referred to as the
            Principal Act.




            *No. 87 of 1985

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       Sections 8 and 9 inserted

       4. After section 7 of the Principal Act, the following
       sections are inserted:

             Prohibited seeds

             8. (1) Unless he or she is exempted under section 9,
             a person must not ­

                  (a)   be in possession of; or

                  (b)   cause to germinate or propagate ­

             any prohibited seeds.

                  Penalty: Fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.

                   (2) The Secretary by notice in writing served
             on a person may require the person to ­

                  (a)   destroy any prohibited seeds in the
                        person's possession, custody or control;
                        or

                  (b)   remove the seeds from Tasmania; or

                  (c)   otherwise treat the seeds ­

             in a manner, and within a period, determined by the
             Secretary and specified in the notice.

                  (3) A person must comply with a requirement
             under subsection (2).

                  Penalty: Fine not exceeding 40 penalty units
                           and, in the case of a continuing
                           offence, a further fine not exceeding
                           one penalty unit for each day during
                           which the offence continues.



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       Exemptions

       9. The Secretary may, in writing, exempt a person
       or a class of persons from the operation of section 8
       on any conditions that the Secretary thinks fit.




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