Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006 (WA)

Western Australia Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 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 Defined terms 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.