New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BANANA INDUSTRY ACT 1987

- As at 13 November 2007
- Act 66 of 1987

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Definitions

   PART 2 - BANANA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

   3.      The Committee
   3A.     Regions to be represented on Committee
   4.      Dissolution of Committee

   PART 3 - FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

   5.      Functions of Committee
   6.      Further functions of the Committee
   7.      Power to impose charges in relation to services
   8.      Charges for services provided at person’s request
   9.      Power of Committee to give directions
   10.     Dispute as to necessity for direction
   11.     Power to require information for the purposes of pest or disease control
   11A.    Power to require information for the purposes of ascertaining voting entitlements

   PART 4 - POLLS OF BANANA GROWERS

   12.     List of banana growers
   12A.    Voting entitlements of banana growers in poll
   13.     Poll for purposes of sec 7 or 9
   14.     Poll for dissolution of Committee
   15.     One banana grower to vote per plantation
   15A.    Banana grower must be fully paid up to be entitled to vote in poll
   16.     (Repealed)

   PART 4A - ELECTION OF REGIONAL MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE

   16A.    Regional members to be elected
   16B.    Banana growers who are entitled to vote in election
   16C.    Nomination of region
   16D.    Voting entitlements of regional banana growers in election
   16E.    One banana grower to vote per plantation
   16F.    Banana grower must be fully paid up to be entitled to vote in election
   16G.    List of regional banana growers
   16H.    False voting
   16I.    Failure of election

   PART 5 - GENERAL

   17.     Financial year of the Committee
   18.     Annual report
   19.     Minister may require further reports
   20.     Committee not to be concerned in party politics
   21.     Service of documents
   22.     Authentication of certain documents
   23.     Recovery of charges etc by Committee
   24.     Authority of Federation
   24A.    Liability of members and others
   25.     Proof of certain matters not required
   26.     Evidence
   27.     (Repealed)
   28.     Offences by corporations
   29.     Proceedings for offences
   30.     (Repealed)
   31.     Regulations
   32.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   33.     Repeals
   34.     (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4