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Queensland
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2)
1997
Queensland
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY ACT 1993
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 45 (Offences related to licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 3--REPEAL OF DEER FARMING ACT 1985
5 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF EXOTIC DISEASES IN ANIMALS
ACT 1981
6 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of pt 2, div 2, heading (Quarantine zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Amendment of s 9 (Quarantine zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Amendment of pt 2, div 3, heading (Infected zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 10 (Notification of infected zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 11 (Effect of notification) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
13 Amendment of s 12 (Powers of inspectors in order to eradicate
and prevent spread of exotic disease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Amendment of s 13 (Unauthorised movement of animals etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of s 14 (Entry and exit places) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of s 15 (Check points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
17 Amendment of pt 2, div 5, heading (Control zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Amendment of s 18 (Notification of control zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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19 Amendment of s 19 (Powers of chief inspector and inspectors) . . . . . . . . . 11
20 Amendment of s 21 (Powers of inspectors to stop, enter and
search vehicles etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21 Replacement of s 30 (Claims for compensation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
30 Claims for compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Omission of s 32 (Basis of compensation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
23 Insertion of new pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
48 Transitional provision for Primary Industries Legislation
Amendment Act (No. 2) 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
24 Amendment of sch 2 (Subject matter for regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF FISHERIES ACT 1994
25 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
26 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
27 Amendment of s 36 (What management plan may deal with) . . . . . . . . . . 14
28 Amendment of s 46 (Emergency fisheries declarations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
29 Amendment of s 61 (Conditions imposed on issue or renewal) . . . . . . . . . . 15
30 Amendment of s 184 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF FRUIT MARKETING
ORGANISATION ACT 1923
31 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
32 Amendment of s 9 (Constitution of committee of direction) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
33 Amendment of s 11 (Sectional group committees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
34 Insertion of new ss 19 and 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
19 Dissolution of deciduous group committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
20 Vesting of assets, rights and liabilities of deciduous group
committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF PRIMARY PRODUCERS'
ORGANISATION AND MARKETING ACT 1926
35 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
36 Amendment of s 12 (Boards not to be concerned in party politics) . . . . . . 17
37 Amendment of s 30 (Cane to be a commodity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
38 Insertion of new pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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PART 10--TRANSITIONAL
57 Transitional provision for Act No. 59 of 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
58 Transitional provision for Fisheries Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF TOBACCO INDUSTRY
(RESTRUCTURING) ACT 1996
39 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
40 Amendment of s 23 (Expiry of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF WHEAT MARKETING
(FACILITATION ) ACT 1989
41 Act amended in pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
42 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend legislation about primary industries
s1 6 s4
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries Legislation 4
Amendment Act (No. 2) 1997. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY ACT 8
P
1993 9
amended in pt 2 10
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Dairy Industry Act 1993. 11
of s 45 (Offences related to licences) 12
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 45(2), after `a processor'-- 13
insert-- 14
`of market milk'. 15
s5 7 s7
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ART 3--REPEAL OF DEER FARMING ACT 1985 1
P
2
Repeal
Clause 5. The Deer Farming Act 1985 is repealed. 3
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF EXOTIC DISEASES IN 4
ANIMALS ACT 1981 5
amended in pt 4 6
Act
Clause 6. This part amends the Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981. 7
of s 5 (Interpretation) 8
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 5, heading-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Definitions'. 11
(2) Section 5, definitions "control zone", "infected zone" and 12
"quarantine zone"-- 13
omit. 14
(3) Section 5-- 15
insert-- 16
` "control area" means an area notified as a control area under section 18. 17
"infected premises" means an area placed in quarantine under section 9. 18
"restricted area" means an area notified as a restricted area under 19
section 10.'. 20
s8 8 s 11
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of pt 2, div 2, heading (Quarantine zone) 1
Amendment
Clause 8. Part 2, division 2, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Division 2--Infected premises'. 4
of s 9 (Quarantine zone) 5
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 9, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Infected premises'. 8
(2) Section 9(3)(a) to (d), `a quarantine zone'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`infected premises'. 11
of pt 2, div 3, heading (Infected zone) 12
Amendment
Clause 10. Part 2, division 3, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Division 3--Restricted area'. 15
of s 10 (Notification of infected zone) 16
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 10, heading, `infected zone'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`restricted area'. 19
(2) Section 10(1), `an infected zone'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a restricted area'. 22
(3) Section 10(3), `zone'-- 23
s 12 9 s 15
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omit, insert-- 1
`area'. 2
of s 11 (Effect of notification) 3
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 11(1)(a) to (c), `an infected zone'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a restricted area'. 6
of s 12 (Powers of inspectors in order to eradicate and 7
Amendment
prevent spread of exotic disease) 8
Clause 13.(1) Section 12(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and (b), `an infected zone'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`a restricted area'. 11
(2) Section 12(2), `infected zone'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`restricted area'. 14
of s 13 (Unauthorised movement of animals etc.) 15
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 13(1),`an infected zone'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`a restricted area'. 18
of s 14 (Entry and exit places) 19
Amendment
Clause 15.(1) Section 14(1), `an infected zone'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a restricted area'. 22
(2) Section 14(1) and (2)(a) and (b), `zone'-- 23
s 16 10 s 18
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omit, insert-- 1
`area'. 2
(3) Section 14(2)(b), `infected zone'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`restricted area'. 5
of s 15 (Check points) 6
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 15(1), `an infected zone'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a restricted area'. 9
(2) Section 15(1), `infected zone'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`restricted area'. 12
of pt 2, div 5, heading (Control zone) 13
Amendment
Clause 17. Part 2, division 5, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Division 5--Control area'. 16
of s 18 (Notification of control zone) 17
Amendment
Clause 18.(1) Section 18, heading, `zone'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`area'. 20
(2) Section 18(1) and (3), `zone'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`area'. 23
s 19 11 s 21
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of s 19 (Powers of chief inspector and inspectors) 1
Amendment
Clause 19. Section 19(1) and (1A), `zone'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`area'. 4
of s 21 (Powers of inspectors to stop, enter and search 5
Amendment
vehicles etc.) 6
Clause 20. Section 21(1) and (4), `quarantine zone, infected zone, standstill zone 7
or control zone'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`infected premises, restricted area, standstill zone or control area'. 10
of s 30 (Claims for compensation) 11
Replacement
Clause 21. Section 30-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
for compensation 14
`Claims
`30.(1) An owner may apply to the chief executive for an assessment of 15
compensation within 90 days after the destruction of the animal or property 16
or the death of the animal. 17
`(2) The amount of compensation payable is-- 18
(a) for an animal-- 19
(i) if the destroyed or dead animal was affected with an exotic 20
disease--the animal's market value immediately before it 21
was affected; or 22
(ii) if the destroyed animal was not affected with an exotic 23
disease--the animal's market value immediately before it 24
was destroyed; or 25
(b) for property--the property's market value immediately before it 26
was destroyed. 27
s 22 12 s 23
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`(3) If, when the quarantine ends under section 9(1B), the market value 1
of the animal or property is more than the amount of compensation paid 2
under an application under subsection (1), the owner may apply for 3
additional compensation, within 30 days after the quarantine ends. 4
`(4) The amount of additional compensation payable is the difference 5
between the amount of compensation paid under the application under 6
subsection (1) and the market value of the animal or property immediately 7
after the quarantine is revoked. 8
`(5) Despite any other Act, the State is not liable to pay compensation 9
under the other Act for an animal or property for which compensation has 10
been, or may be, paid under this Act. 11
`(6) In this section-- 12
"market value"-- 13
(a) means the market value of the animal or property calculated on a 14
sale with delivery-- 15
(i) if the animal or property was ordered to be destroyed--at the 16
place where the animal or property is when ordered to be 17
destroyed; or 18
(ii) if no order was made--at the place where the animal died; 19
but 20
(b) does not include an allowance for loss of profit, loss caused by 21
breach of contract or award, loss of production or any other 22
consequential loss.'. 23
of s 32 (Basis of compensation) 24
Omission
Clause 22. Section 32-- 25
omit. 26
of new pt 5 27
Insertion
Clause 23. After section 47-- 28
insert-- 29
s 24 13 s 24
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`PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 1
provision for Primary Industries Legislation Amendment 2
`Transitional
Act (No. 2) 1997 3
`48.(1) An area that was a control zone immediately before the 4
commencement of this section is taken to be a control area. 5
`(2) An area that was an infected zone immediately before the 6
commencement of this section is taken to be a restricted area. 7
`(3) An area that was a quarantine zone immediately before the 8
commencement of this section is taken to be infected premises.'. 9
of sch 2 (Subject matter for regulations) 10
Amendment
Clause 24.(1) Schedule 2, sections 7 and 11, `quarantine zone, infected zone, 11
standstill zone or control zone'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`infected premises, restricted area, standstill zone or control area'. 14
(2) Schedule 2, section 7, `such zone'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`the premises, area or zone'. 17
(3) Schedule 2, section 9, `quarantine zones, infected zones, standstill 18
zones, control zones'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`infected premises, restricted areas, standstill zones, control areas'. 21
s 25 14 s 28
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ART 5--AMENDMENT OF FISHERIES ACT 1994 1
P
amended in pt 5 2
Act
Clause 25. This part amends the Fisheries Act 1994. 3
of s 4 (Definitions) 4
Amendment
Clause 26. Section 4-- 5
insert-- 6
` "VMS equipment" means equipment used as part of a system that 7
monitors the position and operation of a vessel.'. 8
of s 36 (What management plan may deal with) 9
Amendment
Clause 27. Section 36, example 5, at the end-- 10
insert-- 11
`which may include, for example, a requirement to install, maintain and use VMS 12
13
equipment'.
of s 46 (Emergency fisheries declarations) 14
Amendment
Clause 28. Section 46(9)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(9) The following sections of the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 apply 17
to an emergency fisheries declaration as if it were subordinate legislation-- 18
(a) section 49 (Subordinate legislation must be tabled); 19
(b) section 50 (Disallowance); 20
(c) section 51 (Limited saving of operation of subordinate legislation 21
that ceases to have effect).'. 22
s 29 15 s 32
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of s 61 (Conditions imposed on issue or renewal) 1
Amendment
Clause 29. Section 61(1)-- 2
insert-- 3
`(d) a condition requiring the holder to install, maintain and use VMS 4
equipment.'. 5
of s 184 (Evidentiary provisions) 6
Amendment
Clause 30. Section 184-- 7
insert-- 8
`(5) A certificate purporting to be signed by a person mentioned in 9
subsection (3) stating that, at a stated time on a stated day, the person, using 10
equipment prescribed under a regulation, located a signal coming from the 11
VMS equipment for a stated boat at a stated place is evidence that the boat 12
was at the place at the time. 13
`(6) In this section-- 14
"VMS equipment for a stated boat" means the VMS equipment 15
required by an authority to be carried on the stated boat.'. 16
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF FRUIT MARKETING 17
ORGANISATION ACT 1923 18
amended in pt 6 19
Act
Clause 31. This part amends the Fruit Marketing Organisation Act 1923. 20
of s 9 (Constitution of committee of direction) 21
Amendment
Clause 32.(1) Section 9(2) and (3)-- 22
omit. 23
s 33 16 s 34
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(2) Section 9(3A), `likewise'-- 1
omit. 2
(3) Section 9(3B), from `said director' to `the consumers''-- 3
omit. 4
of s 11 (Sectional group committees) 5
Amendment
Clause 33.(1) Section 11(1), definition "the Stanthorpe fruit and vegetable 6
area"-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Section 11(1A)(a)-- 9
omit. 10
(3) Section 11(1A)(b), from `(b) for fruit' to `vegetable area--'-- 11
omit. 12
(4) Section 11(1A)(b)(i) to (vi)-- 13
renumber as section 11(1A)(a) to (f). 14
(5) Section 11(2) to (2C)-- 15
omit. 16
of new ss 19 and 20 17
Insertion
Clause 34. After section 18-- 18
insert-- 19
of deciduous group committee 20
`Dissolution
`19.(1) The deciduous group committee is dissolved and the period of 21
office of its members ends. 22
`(2) A person is not entitled to be paid compensation because the 23
person's period of office ends under subsection (1). 24
`(3) This section expires 1 year after it commences. 25
s 35 17 s 37
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of assets, rights and liabilities of deciduous group committee 1
`Vesting
`20.(1) On a date prescribed under a regulation, the assets, rights and 2
liabilities of the deciduous group committee vest in the following 3
committees in the proportions prescribed under a regulation-- 4
(a) the tomato group committee; 5
(b) the heavy produce group committee; 6
(c) the other fruits group committee; 7
(d) the vegetable group committee. 8
`(2) This section expires 1 year after it commences.'. 9
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF PRIMARY 10
P
PRODUCERS' ORGANISATION AND MARKETING 11
ACT 1926 12
amended in pt 7 13
Act
Clause 35. This part amends the Primary Producers' Organisation and 14
Marketing Act 1926. 15
of s 12 (Boards not to be concerned in party politics) 16
Amendment
Clause 36. Section 12(5), from `exercise' to `.'-- 17
omit. 18
of s 30 (Cane to be a commodity) 19
Amendment
Clause 37.(1) Section 30(5A)-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 30(5B), `remaining'-- 22
omit. 23
s 38 18 s 38
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(3) Section 30(5C)-- 1
insert-- 2
`(f) provide that a person elected as a member of the mill suppliers' 3
committee for a prescribed mill is taken also to be a member of 4
the district cane growers' executive for the mill.'. 5
(4) Section 30-- 6
insert-- 7
`(5F) In addition to the elected members, the elected representatives on 8
the district cane grower's executive for the mill are members of the 9
committee by virtue of office.'. 10
of new pt 10 11
Insertion
Clause 38. After section 56-- 12
insert-- 13
ART 10--TRANSITIONAL 14
`P
provision for Act No. 59 of 1996 15
`Transitional
`57. Despite the repeal of section 30(9) by the Primary Industries 16
Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996, section 691 the Queensland 17
Dairyfarmers' Organisation and the Queensland Pork Producers' 18
Organisation continue to exist. 19
provision for Fisheries Act 1994 20
`Transitional
`58.(1) To remove any doubt, from the commencement of the expired 21
section 2332 of the Fisheries Act 1994, a reference in the Queensland 22
1 The Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996, section 69
(Amendment of s 30 (Cane to be a commodity)).
2 Fisheries Act 1994, expired section 233 (Existing licences etc.). Section 233
commenced on 27 January 1995 and expired on 27 July 1995. The section
continued, amongst other things, a licence in force under the former Act as an
authority under the Fisheries Act 1994.
s 38 19 s 38
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Commercial Fishermen's Organisation Regulation 1989 to-- 1
(a) a Master Fisherman's Licence, or a Master Fisherman's Licence 2
issued under the former Act, is taken to be a reference to-- 3
(i) a master fisherman's licence issued under the former Act3 4
continued in force as an authority or renewed under the 5
Fisheries Act 1994;4 or 6
(ii) a commercial fisher licence issued under the Fisheries Act 7
1994;5 or 8
(b) a Queensland Commercial Fishing Vessel Licence, or a 9
Queensland Commercial Fishing Vessel Licence (endorsed as a 10
primary vessel with one or more fishery entitlements) issued 11
under the former Act, is taken to be a reference to-- 12
(i) a commercial fishing vessel licence issued under the former 13
Act6 continued in force as an authority or renewed under the 14
Fisheries Act 1994 with 1 or more fishery symbols written 15
on it; or 16
(ii) a primary commercial fishing boat licence, or a tender 17
commercial fishing boat licence, issued under the Fisheries 18
Act 1994 with 1 or more fishery symbols written on it. 19
`(2) In subsection (1)-- 20
"former Act" means the Fishing Industry Organisation and Marketing Act 21
1982.'. 22
3 See the Fishing Industry Organisation and Marketing Regulation 1991, section 7
(Master Fisherman's licence).
4 See the Fisheries Act 1994, expired section 233 (Existing licences etc.).
5 For licences issued under the Fisheries Act 1994, see the Fisheries Regulation
1995 section 31 (Licences Authority may issue).
6 See the Fishing Industry Organisation and Marketing Regulation 1991, section 9
(Fishing vessel licences).
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PART 8--AMENDMENT OF TOBACCO INDUSTRY 1
(RESTRUCTURING) ACT 1996 2
amended in pt 8 3
Act
Clause 39. This part amends the Tobacco Industry (Restructuring) Act 1996. 4
of s 23 (Expiry of Act) 5
Amendment
Clause 40. Section 23(1), `1997'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`1998'. 8
ART 9--AMENDMENT OF WHEAT MARKETING 9
P
(FACILITATION ) ACT 1989 10
amended in pt 9 11
Act
Clause 41. This part amends the Wheat Marketing (Facilitation) Act 1989. 12
of s 3 (Interpretation) 13
Amendment
Clause 42.(1) Section 3, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Definitions'. 16
(2) Section 3, definition "Australian Wheat Board", at the end-- 17
insert-- 18
`and includes a designated company under the Commonwealth Act'. 19
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