Bread Act Amendment Act 1965 (WA)

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BREAD.

No. 29 of 1965.

AN ACT to amend the Bread Act, 1903-1963.

[Assented to 21st October, 1965.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

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

Amendment Act, 1965.

Reprinted

ba Vol. 13	(2) In this Act the Bread Act, 1903-1963, is
of the

Reprinted	referred to as the principal Act.
Acts.
Approved
for Reprint,

10th July,	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
1958 and

amended by	may be cited as the Bread Act, 1903-1965.
Acts Nos.
71 of 1962
and 41 of

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2.    This Act shall come into operation on a date zegrence-

to be fixed by proclamation.

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

by substituting for the interpretation, "Vienna

bread", the following interpretation

"Vienna bread" means bread made in conformity in all respects with the specifications prescribed for Vienna bread by the regulations. .

4. Section five of the principal Act is amended S. 5 amended.

(a) by substituting for paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), the following para- graphs

(a)	Vienna bread shall be baked only in an oven into which superheated steam is injected during the process of baking or in an oven specially constructed for baking Vienna bread.
(b)	The loaves of Vienna bread shall be baked in an oval shape and each loaf of Vienna bread shall be marked with three or four incisions which are plainly visible on each loaf when baked.
(c)	Vienna bread may be baked on the sole of the oven or on trays or slipper trays, but shall not be baked in a tin.
(d)	All dough intended to be made into Vienna bread shall be weighed out in the bakehouse in quantities of not less than fourteen or more than fifteen ounces of dough. ; and

(b) by repealing subsection (5).

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amended.	5. Section thirteen of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the passage, "of a description mentioned in the Fourth Schedule to the Factories and Shops Act, 1920-1937" in lines two, three and four of paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the passage, "which is, within the meaning of the Factories and Shops Act, 1963, an exempted shop, a privileged shop or a small shop".
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amended. 6. Section fourteen of the principal Act is

amended

(a) by adding after subsection (3), the following subsection

(3a) Where pursuant to the provisions of any relevant industrial award or agreement made, and for the time being in force, under the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912, employers engaged in the baking industry in any district to which this section applies, vary the bakers' holidays in that district, notification of the variation shall be forwarded to the Chief Inspector at the same time as such notification is under the provisions of the award or agreement made to the relevant industrial union of workers. ;

(b)	by inserting after the word, "forthwith" in line five of subsection (4a), the passage, "by the parties to the agreement or, as the case may be, the board of reference,"; and
(c)	by adding after subsection (5), the follow- ing subsection

(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section

(a) bread and Vienna bread may be sold, offered or exposed for sale in a shop which is, within the meaning of the Factories and Shops Act, 1963, an exempted shop, a privileged shop or a small shop;

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(b)

whenever in the opinion of the Minister any exceptional or unforeseen circumstances arise or are likely to arise at any particular time, the Minister may in his discretion grant authority to any person or persons to make or bake bread or Vienna bread for sale in any district or place on any day during such hours either in addition to or in substitution for the hours specified in this section and on such conditions as the Minister may determine in any particular case; and in that event the making or baking of bread or Vienna bread for sale during those additional or substituted hours and on the conditions imposed by the Minister shall not be a breach of this section;

(c)

whenever any exceptional or unforeseen circumstances arise or are likely to arise at any particular time, the Minister may grant authority to any person to deliver or sell bread or Vienna bread in any district or place on any day during such hours either in addition to or in substitution for the hours specified in this section and upon such conditions as the Minister may determine in any particular case; and in that event the delivery or sale of bread or Vienna bread during those additional or substituted hours and on the conditions imposed by the Minister shall not be a breach of this section. .

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amended. 7. Section twenty-five of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by deleting the word, "and" in the last line of paragraph (d); and
(b)	by adding after the word, "marking" in the last line of paragraph (e), the following passage-

; and

(f) prescribing the specifications in conformity with which bread must be made in order to be Vienna bread under this Act. .