Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

STOCK ACT 1991 (NO 10 OF 1991)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Stock Act 1991.  
   3.      The Stock Act 1934 is repealed.  

   PART II--ADMINISTRATION CONTROLLER OF STOCK

   5.      For the purposes of this Act, there shall be a Controller of Stock who shall be appointed by the Minister.  
   6.      The Minister may appoint a person to act as Controller—  
   8.      A person appointed under section 5 or subsection 7 (1) may resign office by writing signed by the person and delivered to the Minister.  
   11.     The Minister shall issue to an inspector an identity card specifying the name and appointment of the person and on which appears a recent photograph of the person.  
   12.     A person appointed to be an inspector shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return his or her identity card to the Controller upon ceasing to be an inspector.  

   PART III--STOCK LEVY AND MARKS

   14.     The Controller may, by instrument, determine, from time to time, the stock carrying capacity, expressed in terms of stock units, of land held under a lease the terms of which authorise the carrying of stock on the land.  
   15.     A person who, on any day in a financial year, was the occupier of land under a lease, the terms of which authorised the carrying of stock on the land, is liable to pay, in respect of that year, a stock levy calculated in accordance with the formula—  
   18.     The Controller shall, as soon as practicable after the expiration of a financial year, cause to be given to a person who is liable under section 15 to pay a stock levy in respect of that year, notice in writing of the amount of stock levy payable by that person and the due date for the payment of the levy.  
   23.     For the purposes of this Division, the Controller shall keep 2 registers—  
   24.     An application for the registration of a mark shall—  
   26.     The registration of a mark in a Register kept pursuant to section 23, if valid, gives to the registered proprietor the exclusive use of that mark.  
   29.     The Controller shall, at the written request of a registered proprietor or of the Controller's own accord, make such alterations to the Register as are necessary.  
   32.     A person shall not, without reasonable excuse—  

   PART IV--TRAVELLING STOCK PERMITS TO TRAVEL STOCK

   34.     A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, issue a permit to travel stock unless the person is—  
   36.     A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, move travelling stock, otherwise than by the most direct route that is reasonable in the circumstances.  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS OBSTRUCTION

   37.     A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder the Controller, a Deputy Controller or an inspector in the exercise of his or her powers under this Act.  
   38.     In any proceedings under this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Controller and stating that—  
   40.     Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Controller—  
   41.     Where 2 or more persons are occupiers of the same land, a notice required by this Act to be given to an occupier shall, in relation to that land, be deemed to have been duly given if given to one of those persons.  
   42.     The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, determine fees for the purposes of this Act.  
   44.     The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters—  
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