Marketing of Eggs Act 1945

This Act was repealed by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 9 (No. 47 of 2011) as at 26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b)).

 

 

Marketing of Eggs Act 1945

Contents

1.Short title and commencement1

43.Regulations as to matters consequent on the expiry1

Notes

Compilation table5

 

Marketing of Eggs Act 1945

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating, to the production, marketing, sale, and disposal of eggs; to repeal the Marketing Eggs Act 1938, and the Act amending the same; and for other relative purposes.

[Long title amended by No. 114 of 1970 s. 2.]

1.Short title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by proclamation 1.

[2.Deleted by No. 10 of 1998 s. 76.]

[Part I (s. 3-6) expired 2 Jul 2005 7.]

[Part II (s. 7-18) expired 2 Jul 2005 7.]

[Part III:(s. 19) expired 2 Jul 2005 7
(s. 20) deleted by No. 122 of 1987 s. 8.]

[Part IV (s. 21-32) expired 2 Jul 2005 7.]

[Part IVA (s. 32A-32N) expired 2 Jul 2005 7.]

[Part V:(s. 33-35, 37-38, 39-42) expired 2 Jul 2005 7
(s. 36) deleted by No. 98 of 1985 s. 3.]
(38A) deleted by No. 20 of 2004 s. 4.]

43.Regulations as to matters consequent on the expiry

(1)In this section —

Board means the Board constituted under this Act before the expiry;

expiry means the expiry of this Act (other than sections 1 and 43) under section 41(1);

liability means any liability, duty or obligation whether actual, contingent or prospective, liquidated or unliquidated, or whether owed alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person;

right means any right, power, privilege or immunity whether actual, contingent or prospective;

specified means specified in the regulations under this section;

State tax includes stamp duty chargeable under the Stamp Act 1921 and any other tax, duty, fee, levy or charge under a law of the State.

(2)The Governor, with the approval of the Treasurer, may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required, necessary or convenient to be prescribed in relation to anything to be done, or that occurs, because of the expiry.

(3)Without limiting subsection (2), regulations may be made in relation to all or any of the following matters —

(a)the disposition of, or dealing with, the property of the Board on the expiry;

(b)the transfer or discharge of the Board’s rights and liabilities on the expiry;

(c)the continuation of proceedings or remedies by or against the Board that were pending immediately before the expiry;

(d)the commencement of proceedings or remedies that could have been taken by or against the Board but for the dissolution of the Board;

(e)the continuation of the effect of any agreement, instrument or policy of insurance to which the Board was a party immediately before the expiry;

(f)the interpretation, after the expiry, of references to the Board in a written law or a document referred to in paragraph (e);

(g)any act, matter or thing done or omitted to be done by the Board in relation to its rights and liabilities before the expiry;

(h)the taking possession of books, documents or other records, however compiled or stored, relating to the operations of the Board, on the expiry;

(i)the making and submission of any outstanding annual report and a final report relating to the operations of the Board before the expiry, and the documents and reports to accompany those reports;

(j)for the purposes of the regulations under this section to provide, despite the expiry, for the continuation of the Board, constituted by a specified person on specified terms, with the powers necessary or convenient for the purposes of doing anything under the regulations including making and submitting the reports mentioned in paragraph (i);

(k)for the purposes of regulations under paragraph (i) to provide, despite the expiry, for the continued application of section 34 until the reports and accompanying documents and reports are tabled in Parliament;

(l)the exemption from State tax of —

(i)anything of a specified kind that occurs because of the expiry; or

(ii)anything of a specified kind (including a transaction entered into or an instrument or document made, executed, lodged or given) done under the regulations, or for a purpose connected with or arising out of the expiry.

(4)For the purposes of regulations under subsection (3)(l) a certificate in writing by the Treasurer or a person authorised by the Treasurer certifying that —

(a)something mentioned in the certificate occurred because of the expiry; or

(b)something mentioned in the certificate was done under the regulations, or for a purpose connected with or arising out of the expiry,

is conclusive evidence of that fact.

[Section 43 inserted by No. 20 of 2004 s. 5.]

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 2, 5. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Marketing of Eggs Act 1945

58 of 1945

5 Feb 1946

22 Mar 1946 (see s. 1 and Gazette 22 Mar 1946 p. 286)

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1949

19 of 1949

24 Sep 1949

24 Sep 1949

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1949

50 of 1949

26 Oct 1949

26 Oct 1949

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment (Continuance) Act 1950

18 of 1950

29 Nov 1950

29 Nov 1950

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1951

5 of 1951

20 Nov 1951

20 Nov 1951

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1954

42 of 1954

8 Dec 1954

8 Dec 1954

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1955

50 of 1955

9 Dec 1955

9 Dec 1955

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment (Continuance) Act 1958

33 of 1958

11 Dec 1958

11 Dec 1958

Reprint of the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 approved 12 Jul 1960 in Volume 17 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1960

14 of 1960

6 Oct 1960

6 Oct 1960

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1965

23 of 1965

1 Oct 1965

1 Oct 1965

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1969

110 of 1969

25 Nov 1969

25 Nov 1969

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1970 3

114 of 1970

10 Dec 1970

10 Dec 1970

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1975

37 of 1975

16 May 1975

20 Jun 1975 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Jun 1975 p. 1958)

Reprint of the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 approved 13 Aug 1975
(includes amendments listed above)

Marketing of Eggs Act Amendment Act 1977

69 of 1977

28 Nov 1977

28 Nov 1977

Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985 s. 3

98 of 1985

4 Dec 1985

1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255)

Marketing of Eggs Amendment Act 1987 4

122 of 1987

31 Dec 1987

30 Dec 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 1988 p. 5083)

Agriculture Legislation (Penalties) Amendment Act 1989 s. 3

20 of 1989

1 Dec 1989

15 Dec 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Dec 1989 p. 4513)

Marketing of Eggs Amendment Act 1995

40 of 1995

24 Oct 1995

2 Mar 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Mar 1996 p. 795)

Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 s. 3

41 of 1996

10 Oct 1996

1 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6301)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 76

10 of 1998

30 Apr 1998

30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 as at 22 Feb 2002
(includes amendments listed above)

Marketing of Eggs Amendment Act 2004 s. 4 and 5

20 of 2004

26 Aug 2004

13 Oct 2004 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 12 Oct 2004 p. 4753)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 78 6

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

This Act was repealed by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 9 (No. 47 of 2011) as at 26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

 

2Marginal notes in the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 referring to legislation of other jurisdictions have been omitted from this reprint.

3Effective date of original provisions was 1 July 1971; see Government Gazette 19 March 1971 p. 846.

4The Marketing of Eggs Amendment Act 1987 s. 6(2) reads as follows:

(2)The use of the name “Golden Egg Farms” by the Board generally or in any transaction carried out or purporting to have been carried out under the principal Act before the coming into operation of this Act is hereby declared to be and to always have been valid.

”.

5The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 29 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

6The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administration Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

7Various sections expired on 2 Jul 2005, see the Marketing of Eggs Act 1945 s. 41(1)(b) and the Marketing of Eggs (Expiry Day) Order 2005 published in Gazette 28 Jun 2005 p. 2895. Section 41 reads as follows:

41.Expiry of Act and regulations

(1)This Act (other than sections 1 and 43) and the Marketing of Eggs Regulations 1945 expire on —

(a)31 December 2005; or

(b)an earlier day fixed by the Governor by order published in the Gazette.

(2)The Board is dissolved on the day on which this Act (other than sections 1 and 43) expires.

[Section 41 inserted by No. 20 of 2004 s. 5.]

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Defined terms

 

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

Board43(1)

expiry43(1)

liability43(1)

right43(1)

specified43(1)

State tax43(1)