Apiaries (Amendment) Act 1917 (NSW)

APIARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 9, 1917.

A n Act to amend the Apiaries Act , 1 9 1 6 .

[Assented to, 29 th October, 1 9 1 7 . ]

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 . This Act may be cited as the " Apiaries (Amend­

ment) Act, 1917 . ""

2 . Section four of the Apiaries Act, 1916, is

amended—

(a)	in paragraph (a) by omitting the words " proper steps " and inserting in l ieu thereof the words " prescribed steps " ; and
(b)	by the omission of paragraph (b) and the insertion of the following new paragraph in lieu thereof—

(b) sell, barter, give away, or otherwise than in the prescribed manner dispose of any bees or appliances from an apiary known by him to be infected by or l iable to spread disease.

3 . Section eight of the same Act is amended in subsection two by omitting the words " five shill ings " and inserting in l ieu thereof the words " five pounds."

4 . Section twelve of the same Act is repealed and

the following section inserted in l ieu thereof:—

12. (1) A beekeeper shall apply to have his apiary registered : Provided that i t shall not be necessary for any beekeeper whose apiary is regis­ tered on the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to make any further

such application. The

The application for the registration of an apiary established on or before such day and not regis­ tered shall be made within one month thereafter. The application for the registration of an apiary established after such day shall be made within one month after the establishment thereof.

(2) A beekeeper who removes his apiary shall within fourteen days of such removal give notice
thereof.

(3) Every such application and notice shall be made to the Under-Secretary and Director of Agriculture in the prescribed form.

(4) A beekeeper who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

5 . Section fifteen is amended by the addition at the end of the section of the following words :—" and in the case of a failure to comply with any such order or direction the inspector may himself carry out the neces­ sary work at the expense of the person failing to so comply."

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