Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Act 2019 (Cth)

Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Act 2019

No. 67, 2019

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Agricultural protection Criminal Code Act 1995

Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Act 2019 No. 67, 2019

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

[Assented to 19 September 2019]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Act 2019.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 20 September 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Agricultural protection

Criminal Code Act 1995

1 Section 473.1 of the Criminal Code Insert: abattoir means a place where animals are slaughtered (whether or not for human consumption), but does not include a restaurant. agricultural land means land in Australia that is used for a primary production business. For the purposes of this definition, it is immaterial: (a) whether a part of the land is used for residential purposes; or (b) whether a part of the land is used for a business that is not a primary production business. Crown land means land that is the property of: (a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or (b) a statutory authority; but does not include land that is subject to a lease to a person other than: (c) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or (d) a statutory authority. forestry means: (a) planting or tending trees in a plantation or forest that are intended to be felled; or (b) felling trees in a plantation or forest. meat by‑product includes skin, hide, tallow, meat meal and inedible offal. primary production business means any of the following: (a) a business of grazing; (b) a business of operating animal feedlots; (c) a business of dairy farming; (d) a business of farming animals for the purpose of producing meat or meat by‑products; (e) a business of poultry farming; (f) a business of aquaculture; (g) a business of bee‑keeping; (h) a business of operating an abattoir; (i) a business of operating livestock sale yards; (j) a business of operating a registered establishment (within the meaning of the Export Control Act 1982); (k) a business of operating a fish processing facility; (l) a business of growing fruit; (m) a business of growing vegetables; (n) a business of growing nuts; (o) a business of growing crops; (p) a business of viticulture; (pa) a business of operating: (i) a wood processing facility; or (ii) a wood fibre processing facility; (q) a business of forestry that is carried on on private land. private land means land other than Crown land. statutory authority means a body established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.