Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to this
Act the Commission may —
(a)
establish producers’ committees with responsibility for agricultural
produce; and
(aa)
allocate responsibility for agricultural produce to existing producers’
committees; and
(ab)
remove responsibility for agricultural produce from producers’
committees; and
(b)
appoint members to producers’ committees; and
(c)
advertise for the formation of producers’ committees; and
(d)
conduct polls under this Act; and
(da)
wind up the affairs of producers’ committees and appoint liquidators for
that purpose; and
(e)
dissolve producers’ committees; and
(f)
provide such services in relation to the functioning of producers’
committees as are necessary from time to time; and
(fa)
provide, as are necessary from time to time, persons to assist
producers’ committees in carrying out their functions under this Act;
and
(g)
direct, co-ordinate and supervise the functioning and expenditure of
producers’ committees; and
(h)
provide such other services to producers’ committees as the Minister may
direct.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), a producers’ committee may be established with
responsibility, or be allocated responsibility for —
(a) any
agricultural produce of a particular kind, class or variety or which possesses
a particular characteristic; or
(b) a
number of different kinds, classes or varieties of agricultural produce; or
(c)
achieving specified objects in relation to any agricultural produce,
for the whole State or
part of the State.
(3) In performing its
functions in relation to a producers’ committee the Commission shall
have regard to advice to it from the committee.
[Section 6 amended: No. 29 of 1993 s. 4; No. 20 of
2000 s. 10, 28 and 31; No. 11 of 2021 s. 6.]