Plant Diseases Act Amendment Act 1960 (WA)

1960.] Plant Diseases. [No. 34.

PLANT DISEASES.

9° Elizabeth II., No. XXXIV.

No. 34 of 1960.

AN ACT to amend the Plant Diseases

Act, 1914-1958.

[Assented to 1st November, 1960.]

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:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Plant aSnhoirctitt itn.

Diseases Act Amendment Act, 1960.

aRpeprrin ted ars

(2) In this Act the Plant Diseases Act, 1914-1958)p o v f oed

is referred to as the principal Act.	reprint
9th June, 1959.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Plant Diseases Act, 1914-1960.

No. 34.] Plant Diseases. [1960.

S. 120

amended. 2. Section twelve C of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by adding after the word, "vote", being the last word in paragraph (a), the passage, ", to determine whether the scheme should be continued";
(b)	by adding after paragraph (a), the follow- ing paragraphs:--

(aa) Where a poll is requested under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the Minister shall direct that a poll be taken, as provided by section twelve B of this Act, except that the poll shall not be taken other than during the period commencing on the first day of June and ending on the thirty-first day of July, in any year.

(ab) If, upon the taking of a poll under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, at least sixty per centum of those owners and occupiers who vote on the question vote in favour of its continuance, the scheme shall be continued and the Minister shall appoint and name a Committee, as provided by paragraph (a) of this section and that Committee shall be deemed to have been appointed as at the date of the poll; otherwise the scheme shall be discontinued and wound up, as provided by section twelve E of this Act. ;

and

(c) by substituting for the words, "Such Committee", being the first and second words of paragraph (b), the words "A Committee appointed under this section."

1960.] Plant Diseases. [No. 34.

3.   Section twelve D of the principal Act is piiig:i3ded.

amended by adding, after the words, "twelve B" in

line one, the words, "or twelve C."

4.    The principal Act is amended by adding, after P,a12,1

section twelve D, the following section:-

12E. Where, in any district, the fruit fly foliage baiting scheme is wound up, any vehicles, plant, equipment or materials vested in the Committee shall vest in the Minister, for the purposes of this Act, and any moneys held by, or due to, the Committee shall be appropriated and applied in the payment of any debts due and owing by the Committee and any balance then remaining shall be paid to the Fruit Fly Eradication Fund.