Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
agricultural products or products means and
includes agricultural, farm, orchard, garden and dairy products and in
particular, and without limiting the foregoing, fruit trees and fruit vines;
code means a code formulated under
section 3F;
Department means the department of the Government
principally assisting the Minister to administer this Act;
Director General means the Director General of
Agriculture appointed under Part 3 of the Public Sector Management
Act 1994 ;
inspector means an inspector appointed under this
Act or under the Plant Diseases Act 1914 ;
lot means any quantity of loose agricultural
products not contained in a package including fruit trees or vines, whether
sold singly or in quantities;
package means any box, case, bag, sack, material,
receptacle, or container used or capable of being used or intended to be used
for containing or wrapping agricultural products;
place includes farm, garden, orchard, road,
railway station, wharf, pier, jetty, vessel, factory, warehouse, market,
stall, shop, store, yard, shed, barrow, and any vehicle, stand, or premises
whatsoever;
relevant code in relation to an agricultural
product or class of agricultural products is the code formulated in relation
to the agricultural product or class of agricultural products, as the case may
be, by the Minister;
sell includes —
(a) to
offer, expose, consign, send or deliver for or on sale;
(b) to
receive for sale;
(c) to
cause or suffer to be sold, or received for sale;
(d) to
attempt to do any of the acts or things mentioned in paragraph (a), (b)
or (c),
and the words sale and sold shall be construed
accordingly.
(2) In this
Act unless the contrary intention appears a reference to this Act
includes a reference to a code.
[Section 2 amended by No. 6 of 1940
s. 2; No. 16 of 1966 s. 2; No. 44 of 1968 s. 2;
No. 82 of 1974 s. 3; No. 61 of 1983 s. 4; No. 4 of
1991 s. 3 and 11; No. 32 of 1994 s. 5.]
[ 2AA. Deleted by No. 20 of 2004 s. 6.]