Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WHEAT MARKETING ACT 1984 NO. 141 OF 1984 - SECT 18

18. (1) Subject to this Act, a person who is in possession of wheat of a
season, other than exempt wheat, in a Territory shall deliver that wheat to
the Board before the expiration of the season.

(2) Upon the delivery of wheat to the Board in accordance with this section,
the wheat becomes the absolute property of the Board, freed from all
mortgages, charges, liens, pledges, interests and trusts.

(3) A person who-

   (a)  fails to comply with sub-section (1); or

   (b)  delivers to the Board wheat that has previously been sold by the
        Board, is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine
        not exceeding-

   (c)  in the case of a person not being a body corporate-$10,000; or

   (d)  in the case of a body corporate-$50,000.

(4) In this section, "exempt wheat" means-

   (a)  wheat retained by the grower for use on the farm where it was grown;

   (b)  wheat in respect of which a permit has been issued under section 21 or
        the corresponding provision of a State Act;

   (c)  wheat purchased under a permit under section 22 or the corresponding
        provision of a State Act; or

   (d)  wheat that has been sold by the Board.