Beekeepers Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1997 (WA)

18 November 1997]	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	6471
AGRICULTURE
AG3O1

BEEKEEPERS ACT 1963

BEEKEEPERS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (No. 2) 1997

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.    These regulations may be cited as the Beekeepers Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 1997.

Principal regulations

2.     In these regulations the Beekeepers Regulations 1963* are referred to as

the principal regulations.

[* Published in Gazette 16 December 1963, pp. 3897-906.

For amendments to 8 October 1997 see 1996 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 22, and Gazette 19 August 19971

Regulation 10 repealed and a regulation substituted

3.     Regulation 10 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted -

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Notification by person who ceases to be a beekeeper

10. (1) A person shall, on ceasing to be a beekeeper, notify the Director General that he is no longer a beekeeper and forfeit the brand issued to him.

made in the form of Form 4A in the Second Schedule. (2) Notification that a person has ceased to be a beekeeper shall be

Second Schedule amended

4.     (1) The Second Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by

deleting Form 1 and substituting the following form -

Western Australia

Beekeepers Act 1963

Previous registration details Brand

Form 1

(Regulation 41

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION I RENEWAL OF

REGISTRATION AS A BEEKEEPER

6472 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA [18 November 1997

If any of the above details have changed, please make the necessary corrections in the box below, otherwise leave the box blank.

Surname Status

(BLOCK LETTERS) Shire. .............................

Given Names (in full) ................................................. Rog,date. ................. .........

Receipt No....................

Trading Name (if any) ...............................................Reg. No............................

PostalAddress .......................................................... .cert. . No........................

Suburb...............................................................Postcode .................................

ResidentialAddress ...............................................................................................

Suburb...............................................................Postcode .................................
PhoneNumber .......................................Fax Number ......................................
No. of Hives ...........No. of Apiaries ............Apiary identification(s) ...............

I authorise the Director General of Agriculture or the Registrar to provide information from the Beekeepers' Register, if requested, to:

*	the Department of Conservation and Land Management Apiary Site Officer (for beekeepers holding Crown land apiary site permits);
*	my processor or agent, to satisfy health certification requirements for apiary products;
*	the public, local governments and industry organisations.
of some or all of the above being provided with information.) (You may delete any or all of the above items if you do not approve

I enclose the appropriate application/renewal fee determined in

accordance with the Third Schedule to the Beekeepers Regulations 1963. Amount rendered

Signature...................................................$

Date..........................................................

NOTES

1. A person who owns, or has the charge, care or possession of, bees or any hive that contains, or has contained, bees is a "beekeeper", and is required, within 14 days after becoming a "beekeeper", to apply to be registered as such (Beekeepers Act 1963, section 8).

2. This form should be completed and sent with the appropriate application/renewal fee to

AGRICULTURE WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BARON-HAY COURT, SOUTH PERTH, 6151.

3. On receipt of this completed form and the appropriate application/renewal fee you will

be issued with -

(a)	a Certificate of Registration as a beekeeper (if this is an initial registration); or
(b)	a receipt showing that the original certificate has been renewed (if this is an application for renewal of registration).

18 November 1997] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6473.

4. If you have ceased to be a beekeeper, you should notify the Director General using Form 4A (Notification that a Person has Ceased to be a Beekeeper) and forfeit your brand accordingly.

(2) The Second Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by

inserting after Form 4 the following form —

4t

Western Australia

Beekeepers Act 1963

Form 4A

[Regulation 10]

NOTIFICATION THAT PERSON HAS CEASED TO BE A

BEEKEEPER

To:  Director General of Agriculture
Agriculture Western Australia
Baron-Hay Court
South Perth WA 6151

(full name)

of

(address)

give notification that I no longer keep bees and that I am no longer a

beekeeper within the meaning of the Act.

* I have destroyed all my hives / equipment.

* I have disposed of my hives / equipment to the following person —

Name

Address

* Cross out whichever is not applicable

I forfeit the registered brand	[ copy of I	that was issued to me.
[ brand I

Signature

Date 7?

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.