Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BULK HANDLING ACT 1967 - SECT 34D

34D .         Company authorised to pay certain statutory contributions

        (1)         The Company is authorised, without further authority than this section, to pay, in accordance with the provisions of —

            (a)         the Plant Pests and Diseases (Eradication Funds) Act 1974 ; or

            (b)         regulations made for the purposes of the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 section 141,

                the amount of any contribution for which a person who has delivered any grain or seed to the Company appears to be liable under those provisions.

        (2)         The amount of a contribution so paid —

            (a)         is a debt due to the Company by the person in respect of whom it is paid; and

            (b)         is a first charge in priority to all claims on the moneys payable to that person in respect of grain and seed, other than a charge created under any other section.

        (3)         Payment of an amount under subsection (1) operates to discharge the person from liability for that amount.

        (4)         In accordance with the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Commonwealth) section 73(2)(a), it is declared that section 73(2) of that Act applies to a charge created under subsection (2)(b).

        [Section 34D inserted by No. 24 of 2007 s. 69(2); amended by No. 42 of 2011 s. 4.]