Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LAYING CHICKEN LEVY COLLECTION ACT 1988 No. 17 of 1988 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"authorised person" means a person who is, by virtue of an appointment under
section 16, an authorised person for the purposes of the provision in which
the expression appears;

"chicken" means a chicken hatched from the egg of a domesticated fowl;

"examinable documents" means any documents relating to:

   (a)  eggs to be used for the hatching of chickens;

   (b)  the hatching of chickens; or

   (c)  chickens less than one month old;

"hatchery" means a hatchery where chickens are hatched for commercial
purposes;

"laying chicken" means a female chicken that is to be raised for the
production of eggs;

"levy" means the levy imposed by the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988;

"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department;

"this Act" includes the regulations.