Apiaries Amendment Regulation 2010 (NSW)

2010 No 608

New South Wales

Apiaries Amendment Regulation 2010

under the

Apiaries Act 1985

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Apiaries Act 1985.

STEVE WHAN, MP

Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to provide that beekeepers who are registered in another State or a Territory and who wish to keep bees in New South Wales are not required to be registered as a beekeeper in this State, subject to certain conditions.

The Regulation also updates references to legislation of other Australian jurisdictions. general regulation-making power).

Published LW 29 October 2010	Page 1
2010 No 608
Clause 1	Apiaries Amendment Regulation 2010

Apiaries Amendment Regulation 2010

under the

Apiaries Act 1985

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Apiaries Amendment Regulation 2010.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 2010 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

2010 No 608

Apiaries Amendment Regulation 2010

Amendment of Apiaries Regulation 2005	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Apiaries Regulation 2005

[1]      Clause 6 Prescribed laws

Omit “the Animal Diseases Act 1993 and” from clause 6 (2) (a).

[2]      Clause 6 (2) (b)

Insert “or the Livestock Act” after “Stock Diseases Act”.

[3]      Clause 12

Insert after clause 11:

12 Exemption from requirement to be registered for interstate beekeepers

(1)

A person registered as a beekeeper under a corresponding law of another State or a Territory is exempt from the requirement under section 6 of the Act to be registered as a beekeeper if the person complies with the following conditions:

(a)	the person keeps bees in New South Wales for not more than a total of 3 months in any 12-month period,
(b)	the person notifies an inspector within 7 days of the arrival in New South Wales of any bees kept by the person and provides the inspector with the person’s name, address and contact details,
(c)	the person’s registration number as a beekeeper under a corresponding law is displayed on any beehive brought into New South Wales by the person.

(2)

In this clause, corresponding law of another State or a Territory
means the following:

(a)	the Livestock Act of the Northern Territory,
(b)	the Apiaries Act 1982 of Queensland,
(c)	the Livestock Act 1997 of South Australia,
(d)	the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 of Victoria,
(e)	the Beekeepers Act 1963 of Western Australia.