AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE COMMISSION ACT 1988
Table of Provisions
PART 1 -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Terms used
PART 2 -- Agricultural Produce Commission
- 4 Agricultural Produce Commission established
- 5 Constitution of Commission
- 6 Functions of Commission
- 6A Directions by Minister
- 6B Minister to have access to information
- 7 Funds of Commission
- 8 Application of funds
- 9 Commission may employ or engage persons
PART 3 -- Producers’ committees
Division 1 -- Establishing producers’ committees
- 10 Preliminary requirements for establishment of producers’ committees
- 11 Establishment of producers’ committee
Division 2 -- Allocating responsibility for produce to an existing producers’ committee
- 11A Preliminary requirements for allocating responsibility for agricultural produce to existing producers’ committee
- 11B Polls to allocate responsibility for produce to existing producers’ committee
- 11C Allocating responsibility for agricultural produce to existing producers’ committee
- 11D Notice of allocation of responsibility for agricultural produce to existing producers’ committee and appointing additional members
Division 3 -- Appointment of non-producers to producers’ committees
- 11E Appointment of non-producers to producers’ committees
Division 4 -- Functions of producers’ committees
- 12 Functions of producers’ committee
- 12A Power to enter orchards to administer fruit fly control scheme
- 13 Power to require statistical information
- 14 Imposition of charges for services
Division 5 -- Removing responsibility for agricultural produce from or dissolving producers’ committees
- 14A Removing responsibility for agricultural produce from producers’ committee after poll
- 14B Removing responsibility for agricultural produce from producers’ committee without poll
- 15 Dissolution of producers’ committee after poll
- 15A Dissolution of producers’ committee without poll
Division 6 -- Conducting polls
- 16 List of producers
- 16A Weighted voting
- 16B Commission’s costs of conducting polls
- 17 Conduct of polls
Division 7 -- Other matters
- 18 Accounts
- 19 Voluntary associations of producers
- 19A Application to commercial and non-commercial producers of provisions relating to control of certain pests or diseases
PART 3A -- Compliance
Division 1 -- Authorised officers
Division 2 -- Powers of authorised officers
- 19C Terms used
- 19D Obtaining information and relevant records
- 19E Failure to comply with directions
- 19F Self-incrimination not an excuse
PART 4 -- Miscellaneous
- 19G False or misleading information
- 20 Financial provisions
- 20A Giving notices and other documents electronically
- 21 Authentication
- 22 Recovery of charges
- 23 Evidentiary
- 24 Protection from liability
- 25 Regulations