South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHICKEN MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 2003 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act—

"chicken" means a bird of the species Gallus gallus that is not more than 16 weeks old;

"chicken meat" means meat produced from meat chickens;

"exclusion notice" means a written notice under Part 5 Division 5;

"grower" means a person who grows meat chickens under a growing agreement;

"grower negotiator", in relation to a processor, means a grower appointed by the Registrar under Part 5 to conduct collective negotiations on behalf of the negotiating group for a growing agreement with the processor;

"growing agreement" means an agreement between a grower and a processor providing for the growing in South Australia by the grower of meat chickens owned by the processor and the return of the chickens to the processor for processing in South Australia;

"meat chicken" means a chicken grown under intensive housing conditions specifically for human consumption as meat after processing;

"negotiating group", in relation to a processor, means, if at least 4 growers are recorded in the register under Part 4 as eligible to be members of a negotiating group with the processor, those growers;

"processing" means the sequence of acts done for the purpose of producing chicken meat for sale, commencing with the killing of each meat chicken and ending with the removal of the chicken meat from the processing plant for the purposes of sale;

"processor" means a person who carries on a business of processing meat chickens returned to the processor under a growing agreement;

"Registrar" means the person for the time being holding or acting in the position of Registrar under Part 3.