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Western Australia Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2012 CONTENTS 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Definitions 2 4. Free Range Egg labelling requirements 3 5. Labelling of egg packages 3 6. Display of Free range eggs for retail sale 3 7. Regulations 4 Schedule 1 -- Conditions under which free range hens are kept 321 -- 1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (Introduced by Hon. Lynn MacLaren MLC) Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2012 A Bill for 1 An Act to define and regulate the labelling and sale of free range 2 eggs. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2012 s. 1 1 1. Short title 2 This Act is the Free Range Eggs Labelling Act 2012. 3 2. Commencement 4 This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives 5 the Royal Assent. 6 3. Definitions 7 (1) In this Act -- 8 Code means the Code of Practice for Poultry in Western 9 Australia, published by the Department of Local Government 10 and Regional Development 2003, as amended from time to 11 time. 12 egg means an egg laid by a hen. 13 Free range egg means an egg laid by a free range hen. 14 Free range hen means a hen kept in the conditions described in 15 schedule 1. 16 hen means any domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus) which is 17 bred, kept or used for the purpose of commercial egg 18 production. 19 packaging means any container or wrapper in or by which eggs 20 are completely or partly enclosed, contained or packed. 21 sell means -- 22 (a) barter, offer or attempt to sell; or 23 (b) receive for sale; or 24 (c) have in possession for sale; or 25 (d) display for sale; or 26 (e) cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale; or 27 (f) send, forward or deliver for sale; or 28 (g) dispose of by any method for valuable consideration; or page 2 Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2012 s. 4 1 (h) dispose of to an agent for sale on consignment or by any 2 other method; or 3 (i) sell for the purpose of resale, 4 and any derivative from the word sell has a corresponding 5 meaning. 6 4. Free Range Egg labelling requirements 7 A person must not sell free-range eggs unless the packaging for 8 the free-range eggs displays the words "free range eggs" 9 conspicuously in standard type at least 6mm high. 10 5. Labelling of egg packages 11 A person must not sell eggs which are not free range eggs in 12 packaging that displays the words "free range" or any variant 13 thereof. 14 Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months 15 or both. 16 6. Display of Free range eggs for retail sale 17 (1) A person who displays free range eggs for retail sale commits 18 an offence if the display is not in accordance with 19 subsection (2). 20 Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. 21 (2) For subsection (1) -- 22 (a) the display must have a sign containing the following 23 statement: 'These eggs are free range eggs. They are 24 produced by hens in free range systems that comply 25 with the minimum standards in the Code of Practice for 26 Poultry in Western Australia'; and 27 (b) the sign must be placed prominently so that it can be 28 seen and read easily by a person at or near the display; 29 and page 3 Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2012 s. 7 1 (c) the statement on the sign must be printed in -- 2 (i) a colour that contrasts with the background 3 colour of the sign; and 4 (ii) Arial bold typeface in a size not less than 50 5 point. 6 7. Regulations 7 The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this 8 Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required 9 or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient 10 to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. page 4 Free Range Eggs Labelling Bill 2012 Conditions under which free range hens are kept Schedule 1 Schedule 1 -- Conditions under which free range hens are kept Hens are kept -- (a) with daytime access for a minimum of 8 hours per day to an outdoor range; and (b) with access at all times to indoor litter, perches and nests; and (c) with adequate protection at all times from predators and the elements; and (d) in a system having a maximum stocking density of 1500 hens per hectare; and (e) in all other respects in accordance with the requirements for free range systems under the Code.
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