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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Agriculture Acts (Amendment) Act 1998
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
PART 1---PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
PART 2--AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT
1990 3
3. New section 12A inserted 3
12A. Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry Development Order
(Victoria) 1994 3
4. Statute law revision 3
PART 3--BARLEY MARKETING ACT 1993 4
5. Application of Board's marketing powers to barley harvested in
season commencing 1 July 1998 4
PART 4--PLANT HEALTH AND PLANT PRODUCTS ACT 1995 5
6. Importation and possession of imported plants, plant products,
etc. 5
PART 5--PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1995 7
7. Repeal of earlier amending provision 7
8. Application of Act 7
NOTES 8
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
A BILL
to amend the Agricultural Industry Development Act 1990, the
Barley Marketing Act 1993, the Plant Health and Plant Products
Act 1995 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and
for other purposes.
Agriculture Acts (Amendment) Act
1998
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1---PRELIMINARY
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the
Agricultural Industry Development Act 1990,
5 the Barley Marketing Act 1993, the Plant
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Health and Plant Products Act 1995 and the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986.
2. Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act comes into
5 operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
(2) Section 7 is deemed to have come into operation
on 31 March 1998.
(3) Section 8 is deemed to have come into operation
10 on 1 April 1998.
(4) Subject to sub-section (5), section 6 comes into
operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.
(5) If a provision of section 6 does not come into
operation before 31 December 1998, it comes into
15 operation on that day.
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PART 2--AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
ACT 1990
3. New section 12A inserted
No. 48/1990.
After section 12 of the Agricultural Industry
Reprint No. 1
5 Development Act 1990 insert-- as at
10 October
"12A. Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry 1996.
Development Order (Victoria) 1994
The term of the Murray Valley Wine Grape
Industry Development Order (Victoria)
10 1994, published in the Government Gazette
on 16 June 1994, is 5 years from 16 June
1994, despite anything to the contrary in this
Part or the Order.".
4. Statute law revision
15 In section 50(3) of the Agricultural Industry
Development Act 1990, for "indentification"
substitute "identification".
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PART 3--BARLEY MARKETING ACT 1993
5. Application of Board's marketing powers to barley
harvested in season commencing 1 July 1998
No. 7/1993. In section 5(1) of the Barley Marketing Act
5 1993, for "4 seasons" substitute "5 seasons".
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PART 4--PLANT HEALTH AND PLANT PRODUCTS ACT
1995
6. Importation and possession of imported plants, plant
products, etc.
5 (1) In section 6(1) of the Plant Health and Plant
Products Act 1995--
(a) in paragraph (a), for "prescribed plant, plant
product, used package or used agricultural
equipment or soil" substitute "prescribed
10 material";
(b) for "unless the person has" substitute
"unless the person";
(c) for paragraph (c) substitute--
"(c) has sent to the Secretary and has in his
15 or her possession at the time that the
prescribed material is delivered to the
person in Victoria a copy of the plant
health declaration or a copy of the plant
health certificate relating to that
20 prescribed material and stating that the
prescribed material conforms with the
requirements of this Act and the
regulations; and";
(d) in paragraph (d), for "presented that plant,
25 plant product or used package or used
agricultural equipment" substitute "has
presented that prescribed material".
(2) After section 6(1) of the Plant Health and Plant
Products Act 1995 insert--
30 "(1A) A person must not have in his or her
possession, custody or control for sale for the
first time in Victoria any prescribed material
imported, introduced or brought, or caused
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or permitted to be imported, introduced or
brought, into Victoria unless the
requirements under section 6(1)(c) and (d)
have been satisfied.".
5 Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) After section 6(2) of the Plant Health and Plant
Products Act 1995 insert--
'(3) A person does not commit an offence under
this section by reason only of transporting
10 into Victoria on behalf of another person any
prescribed material from a prescribed State
or Territory or a prescribed part of another
State or Territory.
(4) In this section, "prescribed material"
15 means any--
(a) plant or plant product;
(b) used package or used agricultural
equipment;
(c) soil--
20 that is prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this section.'.
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PART 5--PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT
1995
7. Repeal of earlier amending provision
No. 77/1995.
Section 5(6) of the Prevention of Cruelty to
5 Animals (Amendment) Act 1995 is repealed.
8. Application of Act
No. 46/1986.
In section 6(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to
Reprint No. 2
Animals Act 1986, for paragraphs (g) and (h) as at
substitute-- 20 February
1997. Further
10 "(g) any fishing activities authorised by and amended by
Nos 77/1995
conducted in accordance with the Fisheries and 58/1997.
Act 1995.".
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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