Bee Industry Compensation Act Amendment Act 1963 (WA)

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BEE INDUSTRY COMPENSATION.

12' Elizabeth II., No. XVI.

No. 16 of 1963.

AN ACT to amend the Bee Industry Compensation

Act, 1953-1957.

[Assented to 5th November, 1963.]

RE it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of

the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of

Western Australia, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

follows:—

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Bee Industry and citation.

Compensation Act Amendment Act, 1963.

(2) In this Act the Bee Industry Compensation

Act, 1953-1957, is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Bee Industry Compensation

Act, 1953-1963.

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amended. 2. Section three of the principal Act is amended

(a)

by repealing the interpretation, "disease";

and

(b)

by adding after the interpretation, "bee- keeper" the following interpretation

"colony of bees" means a nest of bees whether in a full sized or a nucleus hive, but does not include bees in nuclei maintained solely for the purpose of mating queens; .

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amended.	3. Section nine of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the passage, "per hive, for every hive to the number" in lines five and six, the passage, "for each colony of bees owned by the beekeeper at the date of and".
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amended.	4. Subsection (1) of section ten of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "per hive" in line three the words, "for each colony of bees".
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amended. 5. Section eleven of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by substituting for the word s, "one thousand pounds" in line five of subsection (1), the words, "three thousand pounds";
(b)	by substituting for the words, "per hive" in line three of subsection (2), the words, "for each colony of bees".

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amended. 6. Section twelve of the principal Act is

amended

(a) by adding after the section number "12" the subsection designation "(1)"; and

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(b) by adding a subsection as follows:

Compensa-

(2) No compensation is payable to a

tion not

payable in

beekeeper under this Act in respect of	certain cases.
any property referred to in subsection (1) of this section that is so destroyed or so disinfected

(a)	where the property has been brought into the State and the Committee is not satisfied that at the time the property was brought into the State it was free from disease;
(b)	where the Committee is satisfied that the property was so destroyed or so disinfected because of a disease that occurred by reason of the failure of the beekeeper to observe the provisions of the Bees Act, 1930; and
(c)	where the beekeeper has not paid all license fees that are required to be paid by him in accordance with this Act in respect of all colonies of bees owned by him. .

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7. Section thirteen of the principal Act is amended

amended

(a) by repealing and re-enacting subsection

(1) as f ollows:—

(1) Subject to this Act, the amount of compensation payable out of the Com- pensation Fund to a beekeeper whose property, as referred to in section twelve of this Act, has been destroyed or dis- infected as therein mentioned, shall be

(a) the value of the property at the time it was so destroyed; or

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(b) the lesser amount of the amount of the expense incurred by the beekeeper in having the property so disinfected or an amount equal to two-thirds of the value of the property at the time it is so disinfected. ;

(b)	by repealing subsection (la); and
(c)	by adding after the word, "disease" in line four of subsection (2) the words, "as defined in that Act".

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amended. 8. Section fourteen of the principal Act is

amended by deleting the passage, "or of subsection

(la)" in line four.

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amended. 9. Section fifteen of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by adding after the section number, "15" the subsection designation, "(1)"; and
(b)	by adding a subsection as f ollows:—

(2) The regulations may provide that, in such cases as may be prescribed documents required by or under this Act to be lodged with the Committee or any information required in forms prescribed under these regulations, shall be verified by statutory declaration made by such persons as may be so prescribed. .