Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act the Minister may formulate codes providing for the grading,
marking and packing of agricultural products.
(2) The Minister may
in a code specify the package, or kind of package to be used in relation to an
agricultural product.
(3) A code may be
amended or repealed by the Minister and may be made so as to —
(a)
apply generally or be limited in its application to the particular products or
class of products specified in the code;
(b)
apply in relation to the particular time, place or circumstances specified in
the code;
(c)
provide that any act or thing shall be done with the approval or to the
satisfaction of a specified person or class or persons and may confer a
discretionary authority;
(d)
adopt, either wholly or in part or with modifications and either specifically
or by reference any standards, rules, codes or specifications prescribed under
a Commonwealth Act or published by Standards Australia or other like body
specified in the code; and
(e)
provide that where by reason of unavailability of materials or other reason
that the Minister considers valid any requirement adopted by a code cannot be
conformed to the Minister may approve such use of materials as he considers to
be consistent with the achievement of the objects of the code.
(4) A code and any
amendment or repeal thereof shall be published in the Government Gazette .
[Section 3F inserted by No. 61 of 1982
s. 8; amended by No. 4 of 1991 s. 6 and 11; No. 74 of 2003
s. 25.]