Western Australia

       Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006


                              Western Australia

       Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006

                                  CONTENTS

    1.   Citation 1
    2.   Commencement      1
    3.   Terms used in these regulations     1
    4.   Egg producers to pay charges        2
    5.   Information to be furnished         2
    6.   Prescribed statistical information  2
    7.   Publication of section 14 notices   3

           Notes
         Compilation table 4



                              Western Australia

                  Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988


       Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006


1.       Citation


                  These regulations are the Agricultural Produce (Egg
       Production Industry) Regulations 2006.

2.       Commencement


                  These regulations come into operation on 1 April 2006.

3.       Terms used in these regulations


                  In these regulations, unless the contrary intention
       appears -
         charge means a charge imposed on a producer under the Act
       section 14;
         chicken means a domestic chicken kept for the commercial
       production of eggs;
         duck means a domestic duck kept for the commercial production of
       eggs;
         Egg Producers' Committee means the producers' committee
       established under the Act section 11 for the egg production industry;
         eggs means the eggs of chickens or ducks;
         producer means a person whose business is, or involves, egg
       production;
         quarter means the period of 3 months ending on 31 December, 31
       March, 30 June or 30 September in any year;
         sale includes barter or exchange.

4.       Egg producers to pay charges


         (1)      A producer who sells eggs produced in the business of the
       producer must pay a charge to the Commission within 14 days after the
       end of each quarter in which the producer sold the eggs.
         Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

         (2)      The unpaid amount of the charge is a debt due to the
       State and is recoverable from the producer in a court of competent
       jurisdiction.

5.       Information to be furnished


                  A producer who sells eggs produced in the business of the
       producer must, not later than 14 days after the end of each quarter
       in which eggs were sold, furnish to the Commission a return in the
       form approved by the Commission showing all of the sales in that
       quarter.
         Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

6.       Prescribed statistical information


         (1)      In subregulation (2) -
         specified means specified by the Commission in a notice served on
       a producer.

         (2)      For the purposes of the Act section 13 the following
         information is prescribed statistical information -
         (a)      the quantity of eggs produced in the business of the
             producer in a specified period;
         (b)      the number of chickens or ducks owned by the producer in
             a specified period;
         (c)      the names of the wholesale or retail outlets that sold
             eggs produced in the business of the producer to consumers in a
             specified period.

7.       Publication of section 14 notices


                  The Commission must cause each section 14 notice to be
       published in a newspaper circulating generally in the State.
                                    Notes
1        This is compilation of the Agricultural Produce (Egg Production
    Industry) Regulations 2006.  The following table contains information
    about those regulations.

                              Compilation table

|Citation               |Gazettal |Commencement        |
|Agricultural Produce   |31 Mar 20|1 Apr 2006 (see     |
|(Egg Production        |06       |r. 2)               |
|Industry) Regulations  |p. 1154-5|                    |
|2006                   |         |                    |