Wool, Hide and Skin Dealers Act 2004 (NSW)

Wool, Hide and Skin Dealers Act 2004 No 7

An Act to regulate wool, hide and skin dealers; to repeal the Wool, Hide and Skin Dealers Act 1935; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Wool, Hide and Skin Dealers Act 2004.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions In this Act— business address of a corporation means— (a) in the case of a corporation that has a registered office in Australia—the address of the registered office, or (b) in any other case—the address of the corporation's principal or only place of business in Australia. buy includes the following— (a) buy under an agreement to sell, (b) receive under an agreement to sell, (c) accept under an agreement to sell, (d) offer to receive or accept under an agreement to sell, (e) cause or suffer to be received or accepted under an agreement to sell. Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police. executive officer of a corporation means a person who is concerned in, or takes part in, the management of the corporation (regardless of the person's designation and whether or not the person is a director of the corporation). hide or skin means the hide or skin of— (a) any bovine animal, or (b) any ovine animal, or (c) any other animal or kind of animal prescribed by the regulations, before treatment in any process of manufacture.

Note— A reference to a bovine animal includes a reference to a bull, cow, ox, heifer, steer or calf. A reference to an ovine animal includes a reference to a ram, ewe, wether or lamb. licence means a licence in force under this Act. licensed business means a business authorised by a licence. licensee means the holder of a licence. not entitled to be issued with a licence—see section 9. record means— (a) a documentary record, or (b) a record made by an electronic, electromagnetic, photographic or optical process, or (c) any other kind of record. sell includes any of the following— (a) sell, barter or exchange, (b) agree to sell, barter or exchange, (c) offer, expose, store, have in possession, send, consign, or deliver for or on sale, (d) receive for sale, (e) cause or suffer to be sold, bartered or exchanged, or to be agreed to be sold, bartered or exchanged, (f) cause or suffer to be offered, exposed, stored, had in possession, sent, consigned, or delivered for or on sale, (g) cause or suffer to be received for sale, (h) attempt to do any such acts or things. show cause notice means a notice under section 28. wool means the fleece of— (a) any ovine animal, or (b) any other animal or kind of animal prescribed by the regulations, before treatment in any process of manufacture, but does not include fellmongered wool. wool, hide or skin dealer—see section 5.