Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts For the purpose of
this Act an agricultural practice —
(a)
shall be taken to be a normal farm practice if —
(i)
it is carried out and managed in a manner consistent with
proper and accepted customs and standards, as established and followed in
similar agricultural operations under similar circumstances; or
(ii)
it complies with the requirements of a Code of Practice
relating to an operation of that kind, being a Code of Practice that has been
made or approved by the Department of Environmental Protection 2 or
under any written law,
but it may include the
use of innovative technology and management practices; and
(b) if
the owner or the person carrying on the agricultural operation concerned fails
to comply with an order made by the Board as to the carrying out or management
of that agricultural practice, may thereafter be taken not to be a normal farm
practice.