Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PERTH MARKET ACT 1926 - SECT 1A

1A .         Terms used in this Act

                In this Act unless the contrary intention appears —

        agent means a person who carries on the business of acting for or on behalf of another person in the selling of general produce whether such sale is by auction or otherwise;

        Authority means the body corporate known as the Perth Market Authority preserved and continued under section 3;

        Authority official means a natural person who —

            (a)         is a member of the staff of the Authority;

            (b)         is engaged to do things on behalf of the Authority; or

            (c)         is an employee of, or acts on behalf of, a person who is engaged to do things on behalf of the Authority;

        general produce means prescribed produce and such other produce as is prescribed by the by-laws to be general produce;

        market means a place or places in the vicinity of each other (whether contiguous to each other or not) at which persons meet for the purposes of selling or purchasing for resale general produce or prescribed produce, as the case requires, but does not include any place —

            (a)         at which the sale of general produce or prescribed produce, as the case requires, occurs if the place is the premises of the seller; or

            (b)         at which the purchase for resale of general produce or prescribed produce, as the case requires, occurs if the place is the premises of the purchaser;

        metropolitan area means the area described in the Schedule;

        owner in relation to a vehicle means the person who is the holder of the requisite vehicle licence under the Road Traffic Act 1974 in respect of the vehicle, or, if the vehicle is not licensed under that Act, the person who owns the vehicle or is entitled to the possession of the vehicle;

        prescribed area means the area within a radius of 70 kilometres from the General Post Office at Perth;

        prescribed produce means fruit and vegetables;

        public market means the market established by the Authority under this Act.

        [Section 1A inserted by No. 73 of 1969 s. 2; amended by No. 77 of 1981 s. 3; No. 6 of 1990 s. 5; No. 12 of 1995 s. 3.]