Western Australian Current Acts

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE COMMISSION ACT 1988

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   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  

   19B.    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
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