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Western Australia
Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2013
Contents
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Terms used 2
4. Labelling of egg packages 3
5. Regulations 3
Schedule 1 -- Condition under which
free range hens are kept
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
(Introduced by Hon. Lynn MacLaren, MLC)
Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2013
A Bill for
An Act to define and regulate the labelling and sale of free range
eggs.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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1 1. Short title
2 This is the Free Range Eggs Labelling Act 2013.
3 2. Commencement
4 This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
5 the Royal Assent.
6 3. Terms used
7 In this Act --
8 Code means the Code of Practice for Poultry in Western
9 Australia, published in 2003 by the Department of Local
10 Government and Regional Development, as amended from time
11 to time;
12 egg means an egg laid by a hen;
13 free range egg means an egg laid by a free range hen;
14 free range hen means a hen kept in the conditions described in
15 Schedule 1;
16 hen means any domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus) which is
17 bred, kept or used for the purpose of commercial egg
18 production;
19 packaging means any container or wrapper in or by which eggs
20 are completely or partly enclosed, contained or packed;
21 sell means --
22 (a) barter, offer or attempt to sell; or
23 (b) receive for sale; or
24 (c) have in possession for sale; or
25 (d) display for sale; or
26 (e) cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale; or
27 (f) send, forward or deliver for sale; or
28 (g) dispose of by any method for valuable consideration; or
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1 (h) dispose of to an agent for sale on consignment or by any
2 other method; or
3 (i) sell for the purpose of resale.
4 4. Labelling of egg packages
5 A person must not sell eggs which are not free range eggs in
6 packaging that displays the words "free range" or any other
7 words that have a similar meaning to those words.
8 Penalty: a fine of $220 000.
9 5. Regulations
10 The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
11 Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required
12 or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient
13 to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
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Schedule 1 Condition under which free range hens are kept
1 Schedule 1 -- Condition under which free range hens are
2 kept
3 Hens are kept --
4 (a) with daytime access for a minimum of 8 hours per day to an
5 outdoor range; and
6 (b) with access at all times to indoor litter, perches and nests; and
7 (c) with adequate protection at all times from predators and the
8 elements; and
9 (d) subject to paragraph (e), in a system having a maximum
10 stocking density of 1500 hens per hectare; and
11 (e) where regular rotation of hens on to fresh range occurs and
12 close management is undertaken which provides continuing
13 fodder cover, in a system having a maximum stocking density
14 of 2500 hens per hectare; and
15 (f) in all other respects in accordance with the requirements for
16 free range systems under the Code.
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