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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE COMMISSION ACT 1988 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a, 3. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Horticultural Produce Commission Act 1988 4

75 of 1988

23 Dec 1988

s. 1 and 2: 23 Dec 1988;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Sep 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Sep 1989 p. 3017)

Horticultural Produce Commission Amendment Act 1993

29 of 1993

15 Dec 1993

15 Dec 1993 (see s. 2)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1994 s. 4

73 of 1994

9 Dec 1994

9 Dec 1994 (see s. 2)

Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 64

49 of 1996

25 Oct 1996

25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))

Agricultural Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 1998 Pt. 6

9 of 1998

30 Apr 1998

4 Jul 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 3 Jul 1998 p. 3581)

Horticultural Produce Commission Amendment Act 2000 5

20 of 2000

30 Jun 2000

s. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2000;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 11 Aug 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 Aug 2000 p. 4691)

Reprint of the Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 as at 5 Apr 2002
(includes amendments listed above)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 5 6

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 2 Div. 1

28 of 2006

26 Jun 2006

1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 3

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

Reprint 2: The Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 as at 1 May 2009
(includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 7

18 of 2009

16 Sep 2009

17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 2007 s. 63 7

24 of 2007

12 Oct 2007

To be proclaimed (see s. 2(1))

2 The provision in this Act amending these Acts has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).

3 The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 3 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

4 Now known as the Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988; short title changed (see note under s. 1).

5 The Horticultural Produce Commission Amendment Act 2000 s. 32 and 34 read as follows:

32. Validation

(1) Any appointment made after the commencement of the Plant Diseases Amendment Act 1993 and before the commencement of this Act to a growers’ committee by the Commission purporting to act under section 11 of the Horticultural Produce Commission Act 1988 is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.

(2) Any act or thing done after the commencement of the Plant Diseases Amendment Act 1993 and before the commencement of this Act by a growers’ committee purporting to act under the Horticultural Produce Commission Act 1988 that would have been lawful if this Act had been in force at the time when it was done is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully done.

34. Transitional

(1) On the commencement of this Act the account known as the Horticultural Produce Commission Account established under section 7 of the Horticultural Produce Commission Act 1988 is continued in existence under the name the Agricultural Produce Commission Account.

(2) If immediately before the commencement of this Act a committee established under section 11 of the Horticultural Produce Commission Act 1988 is in existence then on commencement —

(a) the committee continues in existence; and

(b) the name of the committee is deemed to have “Producers’” substituted for “Growers’”.

(3) If the procedure for establishing a growers’ committee under the Horticultural Produce Commission Act 1988 has been initiated but has not been completed before the commencement of this Act, that procedure may continue to be followed and be completed after the commencement of this Act as if this Act had not come into operation but if a committee is established under that procedure it is established as a producers’ committee with a name containing “Producers’” instead of “Growers’”.


6 The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

7 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 2007 s. 63 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


63. Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 amended

(1) The amendment in this section is to the Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988.

(2) After section 12 the following section is inserted —


12A. Powers of officers, employees and other persons

(1) Any officers, employees and other persons employed or engaged under section 12(2) by a producers’ committee established to administer a fruit fly foliage baiting scheme may, when authorised by the producers’ committee, enter any orchard within the specified area to bait or spray all or any of the fruit trees and fruit vines in the manner and with the materials determined by the producers’ committee.

(2) A person must not enter an orchard under subsection (1) unless —

(a) the person has taken reasonable steps to give the owner or occupier of the orchard notice of the intended entry; or

(b) the owner or occupier of the orchard consents to the entry.

(3) The notice must specify the purpose for which the entry is required and successive entries for that purpose are to be regarded as entries to which the notice relates.

(4) The notice must be given not less than 24 hours before the power of entry is exercised.

(5) In subsection (1) —

orchard means any land used for the purpose of growing or cultivating plants, and includes any garden, farm, vinery, vineyard, and hothouse, any place where any plant is cultivated or where any plant which has been cultivated is growing;

specified area means the portion of the State specified in a notice under section 11(1)(a)(ii) in relation to which the producers’ committee is established.

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Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
a producer 19A(1)
agricultural industry 3(1)
agricultural produce 3(1)
Commission 3(1)
document 6B(4)
information 6B(4)
member 3(1)
parliamentary purposes 6B(4)
producers’ committee 3(1)