Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 (WA)

Western Australia Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 Western Australia Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 Contents Part I — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 7. Terms used 2 Part II — Administration 10. Delegation by Minister 8 11A. Delegation by Director General 8 11. Authorised persons 9 Part IV — Declaration of plants and animals 35. Classes of plants and animals may be declared 10 36. Categories of declared plants and animals 10 37. List of declared animals and plants 12 Part V — Control of declared plants and declared animals Division 5 — Operational work 57. Term used: operational work 13 58. Operational work may be carried out 13 59. Saving provisions 14 Part VIA — Protection of agriculture and related resources from agricultural chemicals 83A. Protection from agricultural chemicals 15 Part VII — General Division 1 — Powers of inspectors and authorised persons 84. Power of entry 16 85. Power to search conveyances etc. 18 86. Name and address may be required 19 87. Obstruction etc. 19 88. Personating officers 20 Division 2 — Agents, mortgagees and trustees 89. Attorneys and agents to represent principal 20 90. Powers of trustees 21 91. Mortgagees 21 Division 3 — Procedure 92. Manner in which notices may be served 21 93. Proof of documents and service 24 94. Proof of ownership or occupancy 24 94A. Proof of plant or animal 25 95. Judicial notice of signatures 26 96. Authentication of documents 26 97. Evidentiary provisions 26 98. Prosecutions 27 Division 4 — Miscellaneous 99. Variation or cancellation of declarations 27 100. Indemnity to persons acting in execution of powers conferred by Act 27 102. Offences to be dealt with by magistrate 28 Part VIII — Regulations 103. Governor may make regulations 29 104. Regulations — general 29 105. Regulations — declared plants and declared animals 29 106A. Regulations — storage, use and transport of prescribed chemicals 32 107. General provisions as to regulations 33 108. Penalties under regulations 34 Part XI — Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Amendment Act 2010 — Savings and transitional provisions 120. Terms used 35 121. Approvals and certificates 35 122. Authorised persons 35 123. Declarations 35 124. Rates payable under section 61 36 125. Funds in, or payable to, former account 36 126. Management programmes 37 127. Notices 37 128. Permissions and authorities 37 129. Transitional regulations 38 Notes Compilation table 40 Uncommenced provisions table 43 Other notes 43 Defined terms Western Australia Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 An Act to provide for the management, control and prevention of certain plants and animals, for the prohibition and regulation of the introduction and spread of certain plants and of the introduction, spread and keeping of certain animals, for the protection of agriculture and related resources generally, and for incidental and other purposes.