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Queensland
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1999
Queensland
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS
ACT 1994
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Amendment of s 14A (False or misleading representations about stock) . . 9
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CHICKEN MEAT INDUSTRY
COMMITTEE ACT 1976
5 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7 Amendment of s 5 (Constitution of committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8 Amendment of s 6 (Appointment of members) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9 Amendment of s 11 (Procedure at meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10 Amendment of s 12 (Conduct of business) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
11 Omission of s 14 (Validity of acts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Replacement of s 16 (Functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16A Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
16B Additional roles of chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
13 Insertion of new pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 2A--AGREEMENTS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Division 1--Agreements
19B Agreements to be written . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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19C Processors to notify committee of agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
19D Specific authorisations for competition legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Division 2--Dispute resolution
19E Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19F Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
14 Omission of ss 20-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
15 Omission of s 24 (Approval of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 4--AMENDMENT AND REPEAL OF CITY OF BRISBANE
MARKET ACT 1960
16 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
17 Omission of ss 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
18 Omission of ss 7-48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
19 Insertion of new s 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
49 Transitional provision--City of Brisbane Market
Regulation 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
20 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF FISHERIES ACT 1994
21 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
22 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
23 Amendment of s 86 (Dockets for wholesale sale of fisheries
resources etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
24 Insertion of new s 86A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
86A Records for processing abalone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
25 Insertion of new s 88A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
88A Possessing fish taken in contravention of other fisheries
legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
26 Replacement of s 123 (Protection of marine plants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
123 Protection of marine plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
27 Insertion of new s 148A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
148A Monitoring warrants for abalone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF FRUIT MARKETING
ORGANISATION ACT 1923
28 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
29 Amendment of title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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30 Insertion of new pt 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
31 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
32 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
33 Insertion of new pt 2 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PART 2--ESTABLISHMENT OF ORGANISATION
34 Amendment of s 4 (Establishment of organisation for the
marketing of Queensland fruit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
35 Amendment of s 6 (Constitution of committee of direction) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
36 Insertion of new pt 3 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PART 3--WINDING-UP PROCEDURES
37 Insertion of new pt 4 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART 4--GENERAL PROVISIONS
38 Omission of ss 7 and 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
39 Replacement of s 9 (Constitution of committee of direction) . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9 QFVG--election of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
40 Amendment of s 10 (Constitution of local associations and their
functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
41 Amendment of s 11 (Sectional group committees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
42 Replacement of ss 14A-14AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
14A Application of certain Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
43 Amendment of s 15 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
44 Insertion of new pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR PRIMARY
INDUSTRIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1999
19 References to Fruit Marketing Organisation Act 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . 28
45 Omission of schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
46 Insertion of new schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SCHEDULE
DICTIONARY
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF GRAIN INDUSTRY
(RESTRUCTURING) ACT 1991
47 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
48 Amendment of s 2 (Objects of this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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49 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
50 Insertion of new s 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3A Grainco does not represent State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
51 Omission of pt 2 (Grainco) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
52 Omission of s 13 (Grainco's responsibility to account for its
administration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
53 Amendment of s 14 (Application of certain other Acts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
54 Insertion of new s 15A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
15A Minister may require information about functions and powers . . . . 31
55 Omission of pt 3, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
56 Amendment of s 29 (Application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
57 Insertion of new s 38A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
38A Exemptions for non-export grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
58 Amendment of s 43 (Noncompliance with conditions of exemption) . . . . . 32
59 Amendment of s 45 (Grain pools) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
60 Amendment of s 47 (Reserve fund) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
61 Omission of pt 9 (Transitional arrangements for appointments) . . . . . . . . . 33
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993
62 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
63 Amendment of s 127 (Evidence and procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
64 Amendment of s 130 (Appeals to tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
65 Replacement of s 131 (How to start an appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
131 How to start an appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF PRIMARY PRODUCERS'
ORGANISATION AND MARKETING ACT 1926
66 Act amended in pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
67 Amendment of title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
68 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
69 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
70 Omission of pt 2 (Officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
71 Amendment of pt 3 (Commodities and commodity boards) . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
72 Amendment of s 9 (Power to declare commodity and extend Act
and constitute board for same) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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73 Omission of ss 10-10D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
74 Amendment of s 11 (Commodity board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
75 Amendment of s 11A (Further powers of commodity board) . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
76 Omission of s 11E (Vacation of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
77 Omission of s 13B (Powers of affiliated body) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
78 Amendment of pt 4 (Marketing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
79 Omission of s 14 (Powers of marketing board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
80 Amendment of s 14A (Marketing board to insure against
defalcations by agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
81 Replacement of ss 14B-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
PART 4--ADMINISTRATION OF BOARDS
82 Amendment of s 29 (Board may make levy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
83 Insertion of new pt 6A hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PART 6A--QUEENSLAND CANE GROWERS' ORGANISATION
84 Relocation of s 29B (Superannuation schemes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
85 Amendment of s 30 (Cane to be a commodity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
86 Omission of s 30A (Definitions for section 30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
87 Amendment of s 30D (State councils) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
88 Insertion of new s 30DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
30DA State council may fix fees, allowances and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . 41
89 Amendment of s 30E (Subsidiary bodies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
90 Insertion of new pt 6B hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PART 6B--QUEENSLAND COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S
ORGANISATION
91 Amendment of s 30F (Queensland Commercial Fishermen's
Organisation and State Council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
92 Insertion of new pt 6C hdg and relocation of ss 30C-30E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PART 6C--GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR PRODUCER
REPRESENTATIVE BODIES
93 Amendment of s 32 (Evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
94 Amendment of s 34 (Annual report of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
95 Omission of s 34C (Application of Act to affiliated body) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
96 Amendment of s 37 (Initiation of winding-up by growers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
97 Amendment of s 38 (Appointment of inspector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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98 Amendment of s 51 (Approved rules or articles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
99 Amendment of s 56 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
100 Replacement of pt 10 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PART 10--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Division 1--Transitional provisions before the Primary Industries
Legislation Amendment Act 1999
101 Insertion of new pt 10, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Division 2--Transitional provision for Primary Industries
Legislation Amendment Act 1999
59 References to Primary Producers' Organisation and
Marketing Act 1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
102 Amendment of sch 2 (Meeting procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
103 Insertion of new sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SCHEDULE 2
DICTIONARY
PART 10--MINOR AMENDMENTS AND RENUMBERING OF
ACTS
104 Acts amended--schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
105 Acts renumbered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PART 11--EXPIRY
106 Expiry of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
MINOR AMENDMENTS
FARM PRODUCE MARKETING ACT 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
FRUIT MARKETING ORGANISATION ACT 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PRIMARY PRODUCERS' ORGANISATION AND MARKETING
ACT 1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
STAMP ACT 1894 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SUGAR INDUSTRY ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
WHEAT MARKETING (FACILITATION) ACT 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend legislation about primary industries
s1 8 s3
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1999. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Parts 3 and 7 commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 7
1 July 1999. 8
(2) Sections 17, 18 and 20 commence on a day to be fixed by 9
proclamation. 10
(3) The proclamation fixing the day for the commencement of section 20 11
must fix as the day of commencement the day on which the Brisbane 12
Market Authority becomes a company GOC under the Government Owned 13
Corporations Act 1993. 14
(4) Sections 28 and 32(3), (6), (7) and (9) are taken to have commenced 15
on 1 July 1998. 16
(5) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on assent. 17
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 18
STANDARDS ACT 1994 19
amended in pt 2 20
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Agricultural Standards Act 1994. 21
s4 9 s6
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of s 14A (False or misleading representations about 1
Amendment
stock) 2
Clause 4. Section 14A(1), ` `false or misleading' to the person's knowledge 3
without specifying which'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`false or misleading in a material particular'. 6
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF CHICKEN MEAT 7
P
INDUSTRY COMMITTEE ACT 1976 8
amended in pt 3 9
Act
Clause 5. This part amends the Chicken Meat Industry Committee Act 1976. 10
of s 4 (Interpretation) 11
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 4, heading-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Definitions'. 14
(2) Section 4, definition "approved form"-- 15
omit. 16
(3) Section 4-- 17
insert-- 18
` "collective negotiations" means negotiations between growers or their 19
representatives and a processor for making an agreement. 20
s7 10 s9
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"competition legislation" means the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwlth), 1
section 51(1)(b),1 or the text of that provision as included in 2
section 51(1)(b)2 of the Competition Code of Queensland.3 3
"negotiated agreement" means an agreement made as a result of collective 4
negotiations.'. 5
of s 5 (Constitution of committee) 6
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 5(2)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(2) The committee consists of-- 9
(a) an equal number of representatives of growers and processors; 10
and 11
(b) a person, other than a grower or processor, who is to be the 12
chairperson.'. 13
of s 6 (Appointment of members) 14
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 6(1)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`6.(1) The Minister must appoint the committee members by gazette 17
notice.'. 18
of s 11 (Procedure at meetings) 19
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 11(2)-- 20
1 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwlth), section 51 (Exceptions)
2 Section 51 (Exceptions) of the Code provides--
`... the following must be disregarded:
(a) ...
(b) anything done in a State, if the thing is specified in, and specifically
authorised by:
(i) an Act passed by the Parliament of that State; or'.
3 The Code applies as a law of Queensland under the Competition Policy Reform
(Queensland) Act 1996, part 2.
s 10 11 s 12
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omit, insert-- 1
`(2) A quorum consists of-- 2
(a) a majority of committee members who are representatives of 3
growers; and 4
(b) a majority of committee members who are representatives of 5
processors.'. 6
of s 12 (Conduct of business) 7
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 12(1), after `members'-- 8
insert-- 9
`, other than the chairperson,'. 10
of s 14 (Validity of acts) 11
Omission
Clause 11. Section 14-- 12
omit. 13
of s 16 (Functions) 14
Replacement
Clause 12. Section 16-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
unctions 17
`F
`16.(1) The committee's functions are-- 18
(a) to facilitate collective negotiations for agreements, including, for 19
example, by-- 20
(i) convening a group comprising representatives of growers 21
and a processor to negotiate agreements; and 22
(ii) recommending procedures for the group in the negotiations; 23
and 24
(b) to refer disputes between growers and processors to mediation; 25
and 26
s 12 12 s 12
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(c) to refer disputes under agreements between growers and 1
processors to arbitration; and 2
(d) to make recommendations to growers and processors about 3
minimum conditions of agreements and other issues affecting the 4
chicken meat industry; and 5
(e) to represent growers and processors on issues affecting the 6
industry; and 7
(f) to give information to growers and processors about issues 8
affecting the industry. 9
`(2) Despite subsections (1)(d) and (1)(f), the committee must not make 10
recommendations or give information to growers and processors about-- 11
(a) growing fees for supplying broiler chickens under agreements; or 12
(b) how the fees are decided. 13
14
`Powers
`16A.(1) The committee has power to do all things necessary or 15
convenient to be done for performing its functions. 16
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the committee has the powers 17
conferred on it by this or another Act. 18
roles of chairperson 19
`Additional
`16B.(1) The chairperson may, at any time, give the Minister a report 20
about the committee's performance of its functions. 21
`(2) Also the chairperson must, when asked by the Minister, give the 22
Minister a report about the following-- 23
(a) the committee's performance of its functions; 24
(b) any issue about the chicken meat industry. 25
`(3) In addition, the chairperson may advise other committee members 26
about the performance of the committee's functions.'. 27
s 13 13 s 13
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of new pt 2A 1
Insertion
Clause 13. After section 19A-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 2A--AGREEMENTS AND DISPUTE 4
RESOLUTION 5
1--Agreements 6
`Division
to be written 7
`Agreements
`19B.(1) A processor must not receive from a grower broiler chickens 8
for processing other than under a written agreement. 9
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 10
`(2) A grower must not supply to a processor broiler chickens for 11
processing other than under a written agreement. 12
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
"receive" includes purchase. 15
"supply" includes sell. 16
to notify committee of agreements 17
`Processors
`19C. Within 2 months after entering into an agreement with a grower, a 18
processor must give written notice to the committee of the entering into of 19
the agreement. 20
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 21
authorisations for competition legislation 22
`Specific
`19D. The following are specifically authorised for the competition 23
legislation-- 24
(a) collective negotiations for making a negotiated agreement, or 25
making a negotiated agreement, or giving effect to a provision of 26
s 13 14 s 13
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a negotiated agreement, that has the purpose of, or would have or 1
be likely to have the effect of, substantially lessening competition; 2
(b) collective negotiations for making a negotiated agreement, or 3
making a negotiated agreement, or giving effect to a provision of 4
a negotiated agreement, to the extent it has the purpose, or has or 5
is likely to have the effect of, fixing, controlling or maintaining or 6
providing for the fixing, controlling or maintaining of, the price 7
for, or a discount, allowance, rebate or credit for, the supply or 8
acquisition of broiler chickens. 9
2--Dispute resolution 10
`Division
11
`Mediation
`19E.(1) If a dispute arises between a grower and a processor about an 12
agreement or proposed agreement, the committee must refer the dispute to 13
mediation-- 14
(a) if the dispute is not resolved within 90 days after it arose; or 15
(b) if asked by the parties. 16
`(2) The mediation must be conducted by-- 17
(a) a person agreed to by the parties; or 18
(b) if the parties can not agree on a mediator--the chairperson or a 19
person appointed by the chairperson. 20
`(3) The chairperson may appoint a mediator under subsection (2)(b) 21
only if the person has the qualifications or experience the chairperson 22
considers appropriate to mediate the dispute. 23
`(4) The parties must pay the mediator the costs of mediation in the 24
proportions decided by the mediator. 25
`(5) An amount of unpaid costs is a debt payable to the mediator and 26
may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction. 27
`(6) Nothing in this section affects any rights or remedies to which a 28
party to the dispute may be entitled. 29
s 14 15 s 15
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1
`Arbitration
`19F.(1) This section applies if the dispute-- 2
(a) is between the parties to an agreement about an amount payable 3
under the agreement; and 4
(b) is not resolved by mediation by a mediator appointed under 5
section 19E. 6
`(2) This section applies despite any provision in the agreement to the 7
contrary. 8
`(3) The chairperson must refer the dispute to an arbitrator, or entity 9
prescribed under a regulation, nominated by the chairperson. 10
`(4) However, the mediator must not be appointed arbitrator without the 11
agreement of the parties. 12
`(5) The Commercial Arbitration Act 1990 applies to the arbitration. 13
`(6) However, the committee can not be ordered to pay the costs, or part 14
of the costs, of the arbitration.'. 15
of ss 20-22 16
Omission
Clause 14. Sections 20 to 22-- 17
omit. 18
of s 24 (Approval of forms) 19
Omission
Clause 15. Section 24-- 20
omit. 21
s 16 16 s 19
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PART 4--AMENDMENT AND REPEAL OF CITY OF 1
BRISBANE MARKET ACT 1960 2
amended in pt 4 3
Act
Clause 16. This part amends the City of Brisbane Market Act 1960. 4
mission of ss 2 and 3 5
O
Clause 17. Sections 2 and 3-- 6
omit. 7
of ss 7-48 8
Omission
Clause 18. Sections 7 to 48-- 9
omit. 10
of new s 49 11
Insertion
Clause 19. After section 48-- 12
insert-- 13
provision--City of Brisbane Market Regulation 1982 14
`Transitional
`49.(1) This section applies to a lease of premises at the Brisbane market 15
entered into between the authority and another person and in force 16
immediately before the commencement of this section. 17
`(2) The following provisions of the City of Brisbane Market 18
Regulation 1982 and any definitions in the Act or the regulation relevant to 19
the provisions, are taken to be terms of the lease from the day this Act is 20
repealed until the lease ends-- 21
(a) section 24(c) and (d);4 22
4 Section 24(c) and (d) of the regulation deal with the issue of permits by the
authority for the operation of mechanical unloading devices in the Brisbane
market.
s 20 17 s 23
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(b) section 27(1) and (2);5 1
(c) section 57.6'. 2
3
Repeal
Clause 20. The City of Brisbane Market Act 1960 is repealed. 4
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF FISHERIES ACT 1994 5
amended in pt 5 6
Act
Clause 21. This part amends the Fisheries Act 1994. 7
of s 4 (Definitions) 8
Amendment
Clause 22. Section 4-- 9
insert-- 10
` "abalone" means a mollusc of the genus Haliotis.'. 11
of s 86 (Dockets for wholesale sale of fisheries 12
Amendment
resources etc.) 13
Clause 23. Section 86-- 14
insert-- 15
`(5) Also, if the fisheries resources are abalone and the seller consigns 16
them to the buyer, the seller must ensure they are accompanied by a copy of 17
the required docket. 18
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units. 19
`(6) In addition, if the required docket relates to the sale of abalone the 20
5 Section 27 (Storage of produce) of the regulation
6 Section 57 (Accidents) of the regulation
s 24 18 s 24
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seller and the buyer must each keep a copy of the required docket for 1
5 years after the day the abalone are sold.7 2
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units.'. 3
of new s 86A 4
Insertion
Clause 24. After section 86-- 5
insert-- 6
for processing abalone 7
`Records
`86A.(1) This section applies to a person carrying on the business of 8
processing abalone. 9
`(2) The person must keep a record containing the following particulars 10
for any abalone the person processes-- 11
(a) the person's full name and usual address; 12
(b) if the person is not the owner of the abalone--the full name and 13
usual address of the owner; 14
(c) the species of abalone processed; 15
(d) the date of processing; 16
(e) the weight of each species of abalone before processing; 17
(f) the weight of each species of abalone after processing; 18
(g) the way the abalone are processed. 19
Maximum penalty--1 000 penalty units. 20
`(3) The person must keep the record for 5 years after the day the abalone 21
are processed. 22
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units. 23
`(4) In this section-- 24
"processing", abalone, includes doing any of the following to the 25
abalone-- 26
7 Under section 173 (Power to require production of documents), an inspector may
require a person to produce a document required to be kept.
s 25 19 s 26
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(a) shelling; 1
(b) filleting; 2
(c) cooking; 3
(d) preserving; 4
(e) packing.'. 5
of new s 88A 6
Insertion
Clause 25. Part 5, division 4, after section 88-- 7
insert-- 8
fish taken in contravention of other fisheries legislation 9
`Possessing
`88A. A person must not unlawfully possess fish knowing the fish have 10
been taken in contravention of a law of the Commonwealth or another State 11
about fishing, fisheries resources or fish habitats. 12
Maximum penalty--1 000 penalty units.'. 13
of s 123 (Protection of marine plants) 14
Replacement
Clause 26. Section 123-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
of marine plants 17
`Protection
`123. A person must not unlawfully-- 18
(a) remove, destroy or damage a marine plant; or 19
(b) cause a marine plant to be removed, destroyed or damaged. 20
Maximum penalty--3 000 penalty units. 21
22
Example of removing a marine plant--
23
Removing seagrass from a beach or foreshore.
24
Example of destroying a marine plant--
25
Burning saltcouch.
26
Example of damaging a marine plant--
27
Pruning or trimming mangroves.'.
s 27 20 s 27
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of new s 148A 1
Insertion
Clause 27. After section 148-- 2
insert-- 3
warrants for abalone 4
`Monitoring
`148A.(1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant under 5
this section for a place, other than a place, or part of a place used exclusively 6
as a person's residence, if the inspector is reasonably satisfied-- 7
(a) abalone are at the place; and 8
(b) it is necessary for the inspector to enter the place to find out if this 9
Act is being complied with in relation to abalone. 10
`(2) The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the 11
warrant is sought. 12
`(3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the 13
inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires 14
about the application in the way the magistrate requires. 15
16
Example--
17
The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application to
18
be given by statutory declaration.
`(4) The magistrate may issue the warrant only if the magistrate is 19
satisfied it is reasonably necessary that the inspector should have access to 20
the place for the purpose of finding out whether this Act is being complied 21
with in relation to abalone. 22
`(5) The warrant must state-- 23
(a) that an inspector may, with necessary and reasonable help and 24
force-- 25
(i) enter, and from time to time re-enter, the place; and 26
(ii) exercise an inspector's powers under this part; and 27
(b) the purpose for which the warrant is sought; and 28
(c) the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and 29
(d) any conditions imposed by the magistrate; and 30
s 28 21 s 31
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(e) the date, within 2 months after the warrant's issue, the warrant 1
ends. 2
3
Examples for paragraph (d)--
4
1. The magistrate may limit the number of times an inspector may enter the
5
place while the warrant is in force.
6
2. The magistrate may require an inspector to give to the magistrate information
7
about the use of the inspector's powers under the warrant.'.
ART 6--AMENDMENT OF FRUIT MARKETING 8
P
ORGANISATION ACT 1923 9
amended in pt 6 10
Act
Clause 28. This part amends the Fruit Marketing Organisation Act 1923. 11
of title 12
Amendment
Clause 29. Title, `the marketing of certain fruit and vegetables'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`growers in the Queensland fruit and vegetable industry'. 15
of new pt 1 hdg 16
Insertion
Clause 30. Before section 1-- 17
insert-- 18
ART 1--PRELIMINARY'. 19
`P
of s 1 (Short title) 20
Amendment
Clause 31. Section 1, `Fruit Marketing Organisation'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Organisation'. 23
s 32 22 s 32
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of s 2 (Definitions) 1
Amendment
Clause 32.(1) Section 2, `In this Act--'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this 4
Act.'. 5
(2) Section 2, definitions "COD", "committee of direction", "local 6
association"-- 7
omit. 8
(3) Section 2-- 9
insert-- 10
` "exotic fruit" means abius, ambarellos, babacos, bell fruit, black sapotes, 11
boysenberries, breadfruit, carambolas, chempedaks, durians, feijoas, 12
jaboticabas, jackfruit, jambus, mabolos, mamey sapotes, mangosteens, 13
miracle fruit, monsteras, pomegranates, rambutans, rollinias, salaks, 14
sapodillas, soursops, tamarillos, uvillas, white sapotes or any other 15
fruit prescribed under a regulation.'. 16
(4) Section 2-- 17
insert-- 18
` "local association" means an entity registered by the QFVG as a local 19
association for this Act. 20
"QFVG" see section 6(1).'. 21
(5) Section 2, definitions "citrus fruit", "deciduous fruit", "fruit" and 22
"other fruits", `the Act'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`this Act'. 25
(6) Section 2, definition "citrus fruit", `grapefruit, lemons, limes, 26
mandarins, oranges'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`cumquats, grapefruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, oranges, pomelos'. 29
(7) Section 2, definition "deciduous fruit", after `grapes,'-- 30
s 33 23 s 34
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insert-- 1
`nashis,'. 2
(8) Section 2, definition "grower services"-- 3
insert-- 4
`(fa) organising and managing a scheme to provide quality strawberry 5
runners to strawberry growers; or'. 6
(9) Section 2, definition "other fruits", from `cape gooseberries' to 7
`pawpaws'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`avocadoes, cape gooseberries, coconuts, currants, custard apples, exotic 10
fruit, figs, gooseberries, granadillas, kiwi fruit, loganberries, longans, 11
loquats, lychees, macadamia nuts, mangoes, melons, mulberries, papayas, 12
passionfruit, pawpaws, pecan nuts'. 13
(10) Section 2, definitions (as amended), relocate to schedule, as inserted 14
by this Act. 15
of new pt 2 hdg 16
Insertion
Clause 33. After section 2-- 17
insert-- 18
ART 2--ESTABLISHMENT OF ORGANISATION'. 19
`P
of s 4 (Establishment of organisation for the marketing 20
Amendment
of Queensland fruit) 21
Clause 34.(1) Section 4, heading, `the marketing of Queensland fruit'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`growers'. 24
(2) Section 4(1), `the marketing'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`growers'. 27
(3) Section 4(2)(d)-- 28
s 35 24 s 36
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omit, insert-- 1
`(c) QFVG;'. 2
(4) Section 4(3)-- 3
omit. 4
of s 6 (Constitution of committee of direction) 5
Amendment
Clause 35.(1) Section 6, heading, `committee of direction'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`QFVG'. 8
(2) Section 6(1)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(1) The committee of direction, as formerly constituted, is continued in 11
existence as the Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers ("QFVG") 12
without any change in its legal personality.'. 13
(3) Section 6(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) The QFVG-- 16
(a) is a body corporate; and 17
(b) has perpetual succession; and 18
(c) has a seal; and 19
(d) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.'. 20
of new pt 3 hdg 21
Insertion
Clause 36. After section 6-- 22
insert-- 23
ART 3--WINDING-UP PROCEDURES'. 24
`P
s 37 25 s 40
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of new pt 4 hdg 1
Insertion
Clause 37. After section 6W-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 4--GENERAL PROVISIONS'. 4
mission of ss 7 and 7A 5
O
Clause 38. Sections 7 and 7A-- 6
omit. 7
of s 9 (Constitution of committee of direction) 8
Replacement
Clause 39. Section 9-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
of members 11
`QFVG--election
`9.(1) Subject to subsection (3), the QFVG consists of the number of 12
representatives prescribed under a regulation for each sectional group 13
committee. 14
`(2) Each representative of a sectional group committee must be elected 15
as a member of the QFVG by the committee as prescribed under a 16
regulation. 17
`(3) If a sectional group committee does not elect a representative, the 18
QFVG consists of the number of representatives who have been elected.'. 19
of s 10 (Constitution of local associations and their 20
Amendment
functions) 21
Clause 40. Section 10(1) to (3)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(1) The QFVG may register any entity, including the following as a 24
local association for this Act-- 25
(a) an association registered under the Associations Incorporation Act 26
1981; 27
s 41 26 s 42
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(b) a cooperative registered under the Cooperatives Act 1997; 1
(c) a company under the Corporations Law.'. 2
of s 11 (Sectional group committees) 3
Amendment
Clause 41.(1) Section 11(1A)(e) and (f)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(e) the other fruits group committee with functions for-- 6
(i) other fruits and deciduous fruit, other than a fruit for which 7
another sectional group committee has been elected with 8
functions for the fruit; and 9
(ii) tomatoes, if there is no elected tomato group committee; 10
(f) the vegetable group committee with functions for-- 11
(i) vegetables, other than a vegetable for which another sectional 12
group committee has been elected with functions for the 13
vegetable; and 14
(ii) heavy produce, if there is no elected heavy produce 15
committee. 16
(g) other sectional group committees with functions for a fruit or 17
vegetable prescribed under a regulation.'. 18
(2) Section 11(3)-- 19
omit. 20
(3) Section 11(5), `, as set forth in subsection (1), shall'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`must'. 23
of ss 14A-14AC 24
Replacement
Clause 42. Sections 14A to 14AC-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
s 43 27 s 43
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of certain Acts 1
`Application
`14A. The QFVG is-- 2
(a) a statutory body under the Financial Administration and Audit 3
Act 1977; and 4
(b) a statutory body under the Statutory Bodies Financial 5
Arrangements Act 1982.'. 6
of s 15 (Regulations) 7
Amendment
Clause 43.(1) Section 15, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Regulation-making power'. 10
(2) Section 15(2)(b), (k), (q) to (s), (x) to (zb), (zd) and (zg), headings-- 11
omit. 12
(3) Section 15(2)(h), after `compilation'-- 13
insert-- 14
`, audit'. 15
(4) Section 15(2), after paragraph (k)-- 16
insert-- 17
`(ka)registration of local associations;'. 18
(5) Section 15(2), after paragraph (s)-- 19
insert-- 20
`(sa) the holding and conduct of a poll, and eligibility to vote in a poll, 21
of fruit growers to approve the making of a levy on fruit growers 22
by the QFVG;'. 23
(6) Section 15(2)(t), `sums'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`amounts'. 26
(7) Section 15(2)(v), `$40'-- 27
s 44 28 s 46
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omit, insert-- 1
`1 penalty unit'. 2
(8) Section 15(2)(y) to (za) and (zd) to (zf)-- 3
omit. 4
of new pt 5 5
Insertion
Clause 44. After section 18-- 6
insert-- 7
`PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR 8
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEGISLATION 9
AMENDMENT ACT 1999 10
to Fruit Marketing Organisation Act 1923 11
`References
`19.(1) A reference in an Act or document to the Fruit Marketing 12
Organisation Act 1923 may, if the context permits, be taken to be a 13
reference to this Act. 14
`(2) A reference in an Act or document to any of the following may, if 15
the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the QFVG-- 16
(a) the committee of direction; 17
(b) the committee of direction of fruit marketing; 18
(c) the COD.'. 19
of schedule 20
Omission
Clause 45. Schedule-- 21
omit. 22
of new schedule 23
Insertion
Clause 46. After section 19-- 24
insert-- 25
s 47 29 s 49
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`SCHEDULE 1
`DICTIONARY 2
section 2'. 3
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF GRAIN INDUSTRY 4
P
(RESTRUCTURING) ACT 1991 5
amended in pt 7 6
Act
Clause 47. This part amends the Grain Industry (Restructuring) Act 1991. 7
of s 2 (Objects of this Act) 8
Amendment
Clause 48.(1) Section 2(e), `barley and Central Queensland grain sorghum; 9
and'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`barley.'. 12
(2) Section 2(f)-- 13
omit. 14
of s 3 (Definitions) 15
Amendment
Clause 49.(1) Section 3, definitions "Central Queensland grain sorghum", 16
"defined area", "dissolution date", "expiry date", "Grainco", "Grain 17
Industry Trust", "merger participants", "season" and "transfer 18
date"-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Section 3-- 21
insert-- 22
s 50 30 s 52
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` "competition principles agreement" means the competition principles 1
agreement defined in the Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997. 2
"exemption", for vested grain, means an exemption granted under part 4, 3
division 4. 4
"expiry date" means 30 June 2002. 5
"Grainco" means Grainco Australia Limited ACN 070 878 241. 6
"season", for wheat or barley, means a period notified by Grainco by 7
public notice, or if Grainco does not notify a period, a financial year.'. 8
(3) Section 3, definition, "compulsory marketing scheme", `, barley 9
and Central Queensland grain sorghum'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`and barley'. 12
of new s 3A 13
Insertion
Clause 50. After section 3-- 14
insert-- 15
does not represent State 16
`Grainco
`3A. Grainco does not represent the State and is not entitled to the 17
immunities of the State.'. 18
of pt 2 (Grainco) 19
Omission
Clause 51. Part 2-- 20
omit. 21
of s 13 (Grainco's responsibility to account for its 22
Omission
administration) 23
Clause 52. Section 13-- 24
omit. 25
s 53 31 s 56
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of s 14 (Application of certain other Acts) 1
Amendment
Clause 53. Section 14(1)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`14.(1) Grainco is-- 4
(a) in relation to the performance of its statutory functions or exercise 5
of its statutory powers, a unit of public administration under the 6
Criminal Justice Act 1989; and 7
(b) a public authority under the Freedom of Information Act 1992.'. 8
of new s 15A 9
Insertion
Clause 54. After section 15-- 10
insert-- 11
may require information about functions and powers 12
`Minister
`15A.(1) The Minister may, by written notice, require Grainco to give the 13
Minister, or an advisory committee or other body established by the 14
Minister under section 25, information about the performance of its 15
statutory functions or exercise of its statutory powers. 16
`(2) The notice must state the time within which the information is 17
required to be given. 18
`(3) Grainco must comply with the notice.'. 19
of pt 3, div 2 20
Omission
Clause 55. Part 3, division 2-- 21
omit. 22
of s 29 (Application) 23
Amendment
Clause 56. Section 29(1) and (2)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`29.(1) Subject to subsection (2), this part applies to all wheat and barley 26
grown in Queensland. 27
s 57 32 s 59
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`(2) This part does not apply to either of the following-- 1
(a) wheat harvested before the date prescribed under a regulation; 2
(b) wheat or barley harvested after the expiry date. 3
`(2A) A date may be prescribed under subsection (2)(a) only if-- 4
(a) a public benefit test is conducted under the competition principles 5
agreement; and 6
(b) application of this part to wheat is consistent with clause 5(1) of 7
the agreement.'. 8
of new s 38A 9
Insertion
Clause 57. After section 38-- 10
insert-- 11
for non-export grain 12
`Exemptions
`38A.(1) This section applies if, under a contract-- 13
(a) a grower sells vested grain; and 14
(b) the grain is not to be exported to a foreign country. 15
`(2) The grain is exempt from delivery under the compulsory marketing 16
scheme on condition that the purchaser does not export the grain to a foreign 17
country or sell the grain to another person for export to a foreign country.'. 18
of s 43 (Noncompliance with conditions of exemption) 19
Amendment
Clause 58. Section 43, `a general or special'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`an'. 22
of s 45 (Grain pools) 23
Amendment
Clause 59. Section 45(1)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
s 60 33 s 64
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`45.(1) Grainco may establish the grain pools for wheat or barley it 1
considers appropriate.'. 2
of s 47 (Reserve fund) 3
Amendment
Clause 60. Section 47(1)(c)-- 4
omit. 5
of pt 9 (Transitional arrangements for appointments) 6
Omission
Clause 61. Part 9-- 7
omit. 8
ART 8--AMENDMENT OF MEAT INDUSTRY 9
P
ACT 1993 10
amended in pt 8 11
Act
Clause 62. This part amends the Meat Industry Act 1993. 12
of s 127 (Evidence and procedure) 13
Amendment
Clause 63. Section 127-- 14
insert-- 15
`(2A) In deciding an appeal, the tribunal is unaffected by the decision 16
appealed against.'. 17
of s 130 (Appeals to tribunal) 18
Amendment
Clause 64. Section 130(1), after `tribunal'-- 19
insert-- 20
`but only on 1 or more of the following grounds-- 21
s 65 34 s 66
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(a) the decision was contrary to this Act; 1
(b) the decision is manifestly unfair to the appellant; 2
(c) the decision will cause severe and unjustified financial hardship to 3
the appellant.'. 4
of s 131 (How to start an appeal) 5
Replacement
Clause 65. Section 131-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
to start an appeal 8
`How
`131.(1) An appeal is started by filing a written notice of appeal with the 9
tribunal. 10
`(2) The notice of appeal must-- 11
(a) state the grounds of the appeal; and 12
(b) be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. 13
`(3) The notice of appeal must be filed within 28 days after the appellant 14
receives notice of the decision appealed against. 15
`(4) The tribunal may at any time extend the period for filing the notice of 16
appeal. 17
`(5) The tribunal must give a copy of the notice to the authority.'. 18
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF PRIMARY 19
PRODUCERS' ORGANISATION AND MARKETING 20
ACT 1926 21
amended in pt 9 22
Act
Clause 66. This part amends the Primary Producers' Organisation and 23
Marketing Act 1926. 24
s 67 35 s 69
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of title 1
Amendment
Clause 67. Title, `the orderly marketing of rural commodities, the 2
establishment, operation and accountability of marketing boards,'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`the establishment, operation and accountability of'. 5
of s 1 (Short title) 6
Amendment
Clause 68. Section 1, `and Marketing'-- 7
omit. 8
of s 2 (Definitions) 9
Amendment
Clause 69.(1) Section 2, `In this Act--'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this Act.'. 12
(2) Section 2, definitions "affiliated body", "authorised agent", 13
"board", "certificate", "deliver to the board", "marketing" and "net 14
proceeds of sale"-- 15
omit. 16
(3) Section 2-- 17
insert-- 18
` "board" includes the State council of a producer representative body. 19
"QFVG" means the Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers under the 20
Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Organisation Act 1923.'. 21
(4) Section 2, definition "commodity", from `The commodity' to `are 22
prepared by process of manufacture.'-- 23
omit. 24
(5) Section 2, definition "financial year", `or affiliated body'-- 25
omit. 26
s 70 36 s 74
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(6) Section 2, definitions (as amended), relocate to schedule 2, as inserted 1
by this Act. 2
of pt 2 (Officers) 3
Omission
Clause 70. Part 2-- 4
omit. 5
of pt 3 (Commodities and commodity boards) 6
Amendment
Clause 71. Part 3, heading, `COMMODITY'-- 7
omit. 8
of s 9 (Power to declare commodity and extend Act and 9
Amendment
constitute board for same) 10
Clause 72.(1) Section 9(1A) to (1C), (2) to (3A), (5) to (5D), (6) to (6B), 11
(7F) to (8)-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 9(5E), `commodity board'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`board'. 16
of ss 10-10D 17
Omission
Clause 73. Sections 10 to 10D-- 18
omit. 19
of s 11 (Commodity board) 20
Amendment
Clause 74.(1) Section 11, heading-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
s 75 37 s 78
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`Boards--appointment'. 1
(2) Section 11(1), `elected'-- 2
omit. 3
(3) Section 11(1A), (1B), (1E) to (1H), (3) to (3C), and (8) to (11)-- 4
omit. 5
(4) Section 11(4B), `committee of direction appointed under the Fruit 6
Marketing Organisation Act 1923,'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QFVG'. 9
of s 11A (Further powers of commodity board) 10
Amendment
Clause 75. Section 11A, heading, `commodity board'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`boards'. 13
of s 11E (Vacation of office) 14
Omission
Clause 76. Section 11E-- 15
omit. 16
of s 13B (Powers of affiliated body) 17
Omission
Clause 77. Section 13B-- 18
omit. 19
of pt 4 (Marketing) 20
Amendment
Clause 78. Part 4, heading-- 21
omit. 22
s 79 38 s 82
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of s 14 (Powers of marketing board) 1
Omission
Clause 79. Section 14-- 2
omit. 3
of s 14A (Marketing board to insure against defalcations 4
Amendment
by agent) 5
Clause 80.(1) Section 14A, heading, `Marketing board'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Boards'. 8
(2) Section 14A(1) and (3A) to (6)-- 9
omit. 10
(3) Section 14A(3), `subsections (1) and (2), the committee of direction 11
of fruit marketing'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`subsection (2), the QFVG'. 14
(4) Section 14A, as amended by subsections (1) to (3)-- 15
relocate and renumber, in part 5, as section 27B. 16
of ss 14B-25 17
Replacement
Clause 81. Sections 14B to 25-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
ART 4--ADMINISTRATION OF BOARDS'. 20
`P
of s 29 (Board may make levy) 21
Amendment
Clause 82. Section 29(2E) to (3B)-- 22
omit. 23
s 83 39 s 85
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of new pt 6A hdg 1
Insertion
Clause 83. After section 29-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 6A--QUEENSLAND CANE GROWERS' 4
ORGANISATION'. 5
of s 29B (Superannuation schemes) 6
Relocation
Clause 84. Section 29B-- 7
relocate and renumber, in part 5, as section 27C. 8
of s 30 (Cane to be a commodity) 9
Amendment
Clause 85.(1) Section 30(3A), (5B,) (5D) to (6), (7F), (8)(b) and (8B)-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 30(5), `, that is 10 or less,'-- 12
omit. 13
(3) Section 30(5C)(e)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(e) fix the number of members of a district cane grower's executive; 16
or'. 17
(4) Section 30(5C)(f), after `elected'-- 18
insert-- 19
`or appointed'. 20
(5) Section 30-- 21
insert-- 22
`(6) The members of a mill supplier's committee or a district cane 23
grower's executive must be elected by growers, or appointed, as prescribed 24
under a regulation.'. 25
(6) Section 30(7A), `in accordance with regulations made under 26
subsection (8B)'-- 27
s 86 40 s 88
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omit, insert-- 1
`, or appointed, as prescribed under a regulation'. 2
(7) Section 30-- 3
insert-- 4
`(9) In this section-- 5
` "grower" means a holder, under the Sugar Industry Act 1991, 6
section 136,8 of an assignment of 2 ha or more that is being used to 7
grow sugar cane, other than a holder that-- 8
(a) owns a mill within the meaning of that Act; or 9
(b) is, under the Corporations Law, section 46,9 a subsidiary of a 10
corporation that owns a mill within the meaning of that Act.'. 11
of s 30A (Definitions for section 30) 12
Omission
Clause 86. Section 30A-- 13
omit. 14
of s 30D (State councils) 15
Amendment
Clause 87.(1) Section 30D(2)(a), `(other than those powers, authorities, duties 16
and functions that specifically relate to a marketing board)'-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 30D(2)(b)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(b) may carry on a business.'. 21
of new s 30DA 22
Insertion
Clause 88. After section 30D-- 23
8 Sugar Industry Act 1991, section 136 (The assignment entitlement)
9 Corporations Law, section 46 (What is a subsidiary)
s 89 41 s 92
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insert-- 1
council may fix fees, allowances and expenses 2
`State
`30DA. A State council may, with the Minister's approval, fix the fees, 3
allowances and travelling expenses that may be paid to members of the 4
council or members of a subsidiary body of the council.'. 5
of s 30E (Subsidiary bodies) 6
Amendment
Clause 89.(1) Section 30E(2)(a)-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Section 30E(4) and (5), `marketing'-- 9
omit. 10
of new pt 6B hdg 11
Insertion
Clause 90. After section 30E-- 12
insert-- 13
`PART 6B--QUEENSLAND COMMERCIAL 14
FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATION'. 15
of s 30F (Queensland Commercial Fishermen's 16
Amendment
Organisation and State Council) 17
Clause 91. Section 30F(11) to (13)-- 18
omit. 19
of new pt 6C hdg and relocation of ss 30C-30E 20
Insertion
Clause 92.(1) After section 30F-- 21
insert-- 22
ART 6C--GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR 23
`P
PRODUCER REPRESENTATIVE BODIES'. 24
s 93 42 s 97
Primary Industries Legislation Amendment
(2) Sections 30C, 30D, 30DA (as inserted) and 30E-- 1
relocate and renumber, in part 6C (as inserted), as sections 30G to 30J. 2
of s 32 (Evidence) 3
Amendment
Clause 93. Section 32(c), `or is an authorised agent,'-- 4
omit. 5
of s 34 (Annual report of board) 6
Amendment
Clause 94.(1) Section 34(2), words from `the commodity' first mention-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`the board's commodity.'. 9
(2) Section 34(4)-- 10
omit. 11
of s 34C (Application of Act to affiliated body) 12
Omission
Clause 95. Section 34C-- 13
omit. 14
of s 37 (Initiation of winding-up by growers) 15
Amendment
Clause 96. Section 37(2), from `signed--' to `commodity;'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`signed by 30% of the growers of the board's commodity,'. 18
of s 38 (Appointment of inspector) 19
Amendment
Clause 97. Section 38(1)(d)-- 20
omit. 21
s 98 43 s 101
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of s 51 (Approved rules or articles) 1
Amendment
Clause 98. Section 51(1)(a)-- 2
omit. 3
of s 56 (Regulation-making power) 4
Amendment
Clause 99.(1) Sections 56(2)(d), (f) and (h)-- 5
omit. 6
(2) Section 56(2)(b), after `functions of'-- 7
insert-- 8
`boards and'. 9
(3) Section 56(2)(o), examples, `paragraph (la)'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`paragraph (o)'. 12
of pt 10 hdg 13
Replacement
Clause 100. Part 10, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`PART 10--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 16
1--Transitional provisions before the Primary Industries 17
`Division
Legislation Amendment Act 1999'. 18
of new pt 10, div 2 19
Insertion
Clause 101. After section 58-- 20
insert-- 21
s 102 44 s 103
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`Division 2--Transitional provision for Primary Industries Legislation 1
Amendment Act 1999 2
to Primary Producers' Organisation and Marketing Act 3
`References
1926 4
`59. A reference in an Act or document to the Primary Producers' 5
Organisation and Marketing Act 1926 may, if the context permits, be taken 6
to be a reference to this Act.'. 7
of sch 2 (Meeting procedure) 8
Amendment
Clause 102.(1) Schedule 2, words before part 2, item 1-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`SCHEDULE 1 11
`ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF GROWERS 12
section 34A(4)'. 13
(2) Schedule 1 (as amended), item 1, `part shall'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`schedule'. 16
of new sch 2 17
Insertion
Clause 103. After schedule 1 (as amended)-- 18
insert-- 19
CHEDULE 2 20
`S
`DICTIONARY 21
section 2'. 22
s 104 45 s 106
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ART 10--MINOR AMENDMENTS AND 1
P
RENUMBERING OF ACTS 2
amended--schedule 3
Acts
Clause 104. The schedule amends the Acts it mentions. 4
renumbered 5
Acts
Clause 105. As permitted by the Reprints Act 1992, section 43-- 6
(a) in the next reprint of the Acts amended by parts 3, 6, 7 and 9, the 7
provisions of each of those Acts must be numbered and 8
renumbered; and 9
(b) in the next reprint of subordinate legislation made under an Act 10
amended by parts 3, 6, 7 and 9, a reference to a provision of the 11
Act under which the subordinate legislation is made, must, if the 12
context permits, be changed to agree with the numbering and 13
renumbering mentioned in paragraph (a). 14
ART 11--EXPIRY 15
P
of Act 16
Expiry
Clause 106. This Act expires 3 months after the last of the Acts amended by 17
parts 3, 6, 7 and 9 is reprinted as mentioned in section 105(a). 18
19
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SCHEDULE 1
¡
MINOR AMENDMENTS 2
section 104 3
ARM PRODUCE MARKETING ACT 1964 4
´F
1. Section 5, definition "farm produce agent", `and Marketing'-- 5
omit. 6
FRUIT MARKETING ORGANISATION ACT 1923 7
´
1. Section 1A-- 8
omit. 9
2. Section 5(3), `, subject to section 11(2) to (2H),'-- 10
omit. 11
3. Sections 5(3) and (4), 6(3) to (5), 6D(1)(a), 8(2) and (2A), 11(4), 11A, 12
12(1) to (3), 14, 14AD, 14B(1) and (2), 14C(1), 15(2)(b), (c), (l), (m), (s) 13
and (w), `committee of direction'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`QFVG'. 16
4. Sections 6(2) to (6), 8(2) and 11(3), headings-- 17
omit. 18
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SCHEDULE (continued)
5. Section 6(5)(g)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(g) to impose levies on fruit and vegetable growers;'. 3
6. Section 6(5)(h), `that the COD is conducting'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`conducted by the QFVG'. 6
7. Section 6(5)(i)-- 7
omit. 8
8. Sections 6(6), 6A(1)(a), (2) and (4), 6B(2)(a) to (c) and (e), 6B(3), 9
definition "officer", 6C(2)(a) to (h), (j), (k), (n), (o), (3) and (4), 10
6D(1)(c) and (2), 6E(3), 6G(1) to (3), 6H(1), 6J(1)(a) and (b), 6K(1), 11
6L, 6M(1), (8) and (13), 6N, 6O, 6P(1) and (4), 6Q(1), 6R(1) to (4), 12
6S(1) and (3), 6T(1)(a), (c), (d), (2)(a), (c) to (f), (h), (i), (k) and (3) to 13
(6), 6U(a) and (d), 6V(2)(c), (3)(a), 6(b) and (7), 6W(1), 8(1), 8A(1), (2), 14
(3)(a) to (e) and (5), `COD'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`QFVG'. 17
9. Section 6AA-- 18
omit. 19
10. Section 6D(1)(b)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(b) within 3 business days after an amount of money of the QFVG 22
comes under the administrator's control, pay the amount into the 23
account; and'. 24
48
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SCHEDULE (continued)
11. Section 6D(3)-- 1
omit. 2
12. Section 6I, paragraph (d)-- 3
omit. 4
13. Sections 6K, 6L, 6N, 6P, 6U, 8, 8A, headings, `COD'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`QFVG'. 7
14. Section 6K(2)-- 8
omit. 9
15. Sections 6R and 6S, headings, `COD's'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`QFVG's'. 12
16. Section 6T(2)(d) and (g), `COD's'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QFVG's'. 15
17. Section 8A(6)-- 16
omit. 17
18. Section 11A, heading, before `committees'-- 18
insert-- 19
`QFVG and'. 20
49
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SCHEDULE (continued)
19. Section 12, heading, `committee of direction'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`QFVG'. 3
20. Section 12(4)-- 4
omit. 5
21. Section 14, heading, `committee'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`QFVG'. 8
PRIMARY PRODUCERS' ORGANISATION AND 9
´
MARKETING ACT 1926 10
1. Section 2, definitions "producer representative body", paragraph (e) 11
and "State council", paragraph (e), `section 30C'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`section 30G'. 14
2. Section 2, definition "subsidiary body" and sections 3(2) and 26, 15
`section 30E'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`section 30J'. 18
3. Section 13(2), `committee of direction of fruit marketing'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`QFVG'. 21
50
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SCHEDULE (continued)
4. Section 13C(1) and (4), `or an affiliated body'-- 1
omit. 2
5. Section 13C(3), `and an affiliated body shall'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`must'. 5
6. Section 13C(4), 50(3) and 51(4) `director of marketing shall'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`chief executive must'. 8
7. Section 13C(4) `director's'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`chief executive's'. 11
8. Section 13C-- 12
insert-- 13
`(5) This section applies to the QFVG as if it were a board.'. 14
9. Section 26, `the director of marketing, a person acting in the room of 15
the director of marketing in accordance with section 11(1B),'-- 16
omit. 17
10. Section 27A(2), `committee of direction of fruit marketing 18
constituted under the Fruit Marketing Organisation Act 1923 shall be 19
deemed'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`QFVG is taken'. 22
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SCHEDULE (continued)
11. Section 31A(a), `Marketing'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`and Vegetable Growers'. 3
12. Section 34A(4)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(4) The meeting procedures for an annual general meeting are stated in 6
schedule 1.'. 7
13. Section 34E-- 8
omit. 9
14. Section 47(1), `section 33'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`section 56'. 12
15. Section 50(1), `13, 14, 14F, 15, 18, 18A, 18B, 18C, 29 and 29B'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`13 and 27C'. 15
16. Section 53-- 16
omit. 17
TAMP ACT 1894 18
´S
1. Section 36(d)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
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SCHEDULE (continued)
`(d) a board constituted under the Primary Producers' Organisation 1
Act 1926 or the Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Organisation Act 2
1923; or'. 3
2. Section 69B(1) and schedule 1, heading Mortgage, Bond, 4
Debenture, and Covenant, Exemption 5, `and Marketing'-- 5
omit. 6
SUGAR INDUSTRY ACT 1991 7
´
1. Section 3, definition "mill suppliers' committee", `and Marketing'-- 8
omit. 9
HEAT MARKETING (FACILITATION) ACT 1989 10
´W
1. Section 3, definition "marketing board", `and Marketing'-- 11
omit. 12
13
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