Primary Producers' Organisation Act of 1922 (13 Geo v No. 4) (Qld)

10132 ss. 1,2. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Primary Producers' Organisation Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Primary Producers' Organisation Act of 1922 .. 13 Geo. V. No. 4 Primary Products Pools Act of 1922 .. 13 Geo. V. No. 9 13NGoe.o4. . V. An Act to Promote the Agricultural and Rural THE Industries by the Organisation of the Primary PRlM.ARY PRODUOERS' Producers of Queensland in a completely ORGANISA- TION AOT OF Unified National Organisation, and for other 1922. incidental purposes. [ASSENTED TO 15TH AUGUST, 1922.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Sbort title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Primary Pro- ducer8' Organi8ation Act 011922." Definhionf. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indi- cates, the following terms have the meanings set against them respectively, that is to say:- Association. "Association"-The Queensland Producers' As- sociation established under this Act: Council. "Council" -The Council of Agriculture con- stituted under this Act; Department. "Department"-The Department of Agriculture and Stock; District Council. "District Council "-A:. district council of agri- culture constituted under this Act; Fund. "Fund"-The Queensland Producers' Association Fund established pursuant to this Act; Local association. "Local association"-A local producers' associa- tion constituted under this Act; Minister. "Minister"-The Secr~ tary for Agriculture and Stock or other Minister of the Crown charged for the time being with the administration of this Act;

PRIMARY PRODUCERS. ss. 3, 4. .. - - - ~ - - -- - --- --~ --- .~- --- --- -- - - --- --. - - - - - ~ - - - 1922. Primary ProdUCCTS' Organisation Act. ~ 0133 "Primary producer"-Every person, not being a PrimMY person engaged in primary production as an producer. employee on wages or piecework rates, en- gaged in the occupation of- (a) Dairy farmer; or (b) Wheat maize or cereal grower; or (c) Cane-grower; or (d) Fruit-grower; or (e) Grazier; or (f) Farmer, whether engaged in general or mixed farming, cotton potato or vegetable growing, or poultry or pig raising; and any class of persons, not being persons en- gaged in primary production as employees on wages or piecework rates, declared by the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Council, by Order in Council, to be primary producers for the purposes of this Act; and "primary produce" and" primary production" have correlative meanings; Prescribed. "Prescribed "-Prescribed by this Act; This Act. "This Act" --This Act and all Orders in Council Regulations and By-laws made thereunder. . 3 (1.) There shall be established in manner here- Establish- inafter provided an organisation of primary producers Q-ent o~ d called "The Queensland Producers' Association," P~ ;1~ ~e~ ~' having the functions, powers, authorities, duties, and Association. responsibilities hereinafter set forth. (2.) The Association shall consist of- (a) The Council of Agriculture; and (b) The district councils of agriculture; and (c) The local producers' associations, constituted in the manner and having the functions, powers, authorities, duties, and responsibilities here- inafter set forth. 4. (1.) The constitution of the Council of Agri- Constitution culture shall be as follows :- of C:0uncil of (a) The number of members of the Council Agnculture. shaH be the number from time to time declared by the Governor in Council by Order in Council, but shall not exceed twenty-five at anyone time.

10134 s.4. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Pl'imary Producers' Organisation Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, (b) Not less than five members nor more than one-fourth of the total number of members shall be appointed by the Governor in Council as the representatives of the Government. The Minister shall by virtue of his office be a member of the Council and shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Governor in Council as one of the said representatives of the Government. (c) The remaining members, of whom there shall be not less than fifteen, shall be elected by the district councils. Each district council shall elect one member in the prescribed manner to be the representative of such district council. (d) All such representatives (other than the Minister) shall hold office only for a term declared by the Governor in Council by Order in Council, but not exceeding three years, and shall be eligible for re-appoint- ment or re-election, as the case may be. (e) Any person who has his affairs under liquida- tion, or is an uncertificated or undischarged insolvent, or has been convicted of an indict- able offence, or is undergoing a sentence of imprisonment, or becomes an insane person, shall be disqualified from being appointed or elected or from continuing a member of the Council. President. Vice- President. Absence of President. (2.) The Minister shall be the President of the Council. (3.) There shall be a Vice-President of the Council appointed by the Council in the prescribed manner. (4.) In the absence of the President, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of President, the Vice-President shall preside at the Council and shall during such absence or vacancy have and exercise the duties and functions of the President. Absence of President (5.) In the absence of the President and Vice- and Vice· President from any meeting the Council shall elect a President. member of the Council to act as President for the meeting.

PRIMARY PRODUCERS. s.5. 10135 1922. Prt'mary Prodttcers' Orgamsation Act. (6.) During any vacancy in the office of any member Vacancies. of the Council the continuing members of the Council shall act as if no such vacancy existed. Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled as it occurs by the appointment or election of another member as follows:- (a) In the case of a Government representative, by the appointment of another member by the Governor in Council; (b) In the case of a representative of a district council, by the election of another repre- sentative in the prescribed manner. The representative appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the period for which his predecessor would have held office had no vacancy arisen. (7.) Subject to this Act a majority of members of Quorum. the Council shall constitute a quorum at ant meeting of the Council. (8.) The office of member of the Cou cil shall be Vacation of vacated- officI:'. (a) If he is or has become disqualified under this Act; or (b) If without leave obtained from the Council in that behalf he has been absent from all meetings of the Council held during a con- secutive period of three months; or (c) Upon death or resignation. 5. (1.) The Governor in Council- (i.) Upon the recommendation of the Council may ApP?intment from time to time ap_point an officer to be ooff D th I e rector called the Director of the Queensland Pro- Queensland ducers' A ssoC . latI' on, upon such t erms and atPArossdoucciaetrios'n. such salary as the Governor in Council may on the like recommendation determine; and (ii.) May at any time, upon the recommendation of the Council, suspend or dismiss the Director from his office for incapacity, incom- petence, or misbehaviour. (2.) The Director shall have such powers and duties as are assigned to him from time to time by the Council. He shall not accept or hold any paid employment outside the duties of his office as such Director, or be a director of a company.

10136 S.6. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Pl'imary Producers' Organisation Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, Appoint- (3.) The Council may, from time to time, appoint omtehnetr ooffficers. mo • rgemm • psltoryucatosresc,reetxaip.Yertosf, tahned Cootuhnecril 0 fafincderssucahs omragyanbise- necessary for the effective administration of this Act a,nd with such salaries, wages, and allowances as may be determined by the Council. Salaries, etc. (4.) The salaries, wages, or allowances of the Director and any other officer appointed under or for the purposes of this Act shall be paid out of the Fund, but subject always to any directions in that behalf given by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Public Service Commissioner in cases where it is deemed proper that a proportionate part of any such salaries, wages, or allowances should be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue. . Functions 6. The functions and objects of the Council shall oafndtbo3bjects be to co-operate with the Department, district councils, CounciL local associations, and other bodies and persons in- (i.) Developing the rural industries; (ii.) Effecting the stabilisation of prices of primary produce for the purpose of ensuring to the primary producer a fair remuneration for his labour; (iii.) Investigating and dealing with problems relating to the rural industries including animal husbandry; (iv.) Advising and instructing primary producers with regard to matters which require scientific knowledge and training, farm management and farm economics, including cost of pro- duction and farm accountancy; (v.) Making research on subjects pertaining to the rural industries; (vi.) Securing effective action for the controlling of diseases and pests generally; (vii.) Securing additional markets for the disposal of produce and improved means of distribution; (viii.) Studying markets; accumulating data re- garding marketing processes and costs; disseminating accurate market information; and eliminating waste and unnecessary marketing expenses; (ix.) Securing improved means of storage, hand- ling, and transport;

PRIMARY PRODUCERS. s.7. 10137 1922. Primary Produccrs' Org(misation Act. (x.) Promoting a general policy of testing, standardising, and grading; (xi.) Extending the usefulness of the professional staff of the Department by the utilisation of experts, the dis::emination of literature and pamphlets dealing with matters of interest to primary producers, and by any other method which the Council thinks fit, including the establishment of a Bureau of Information for primary producers; (xii.) Encouraging and assisting in the promotion of farmers' cc-operative associations and enterprises; (xiii.) Bettering the conditions of rural life and the extending rural educ1tion by co-operation with the educational authorities of the State and generally; (xiv.) Dealing with matters in relation to agricul- ture and production of primary produce which may be referred to the Council by the Minister; (xv.) Generally advising, assisting, and co-oper- ating with the Department and the Associa- tion in all matters pertaining to the rural industries; ,,,,here deemed necessary, con- vening conferences; (xvi.) Making research on the subject of the utilisation of rural products in manufactories; co-ordinating and assisting in the promotion of such industries by the extension of the Bureau of Information, and, where necessary, convening conferences for this purpose. 7. (1.) For the purposes of this Act, the Governor Constitution in Councillnay on the recommendation of the Council, of Districts. from time to time, by Order in Council, constitute not less than fifteen areas within the State with defined boundaries to be kno,vn as Districts; and may in like manner and on the like recommendation alter the boundaries of a District so constituted. (2.) For each such District there shall be constituted District a district council, the members whereof shall from time councilll. to time be elected for a period not exceeding three years and in the prescribed manner by the members of the local producers' associations registered and assigned to such Districts as hereinafter provided.

10138 s.8. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Primary Producers' 01'ganisat1'on Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, (3.) The duties and functions of a district council shall be-- (i. ) To secure co-operation as far as possible amongst the primary producers who are members of local associations assigned to the District; (ii.) To advise and assist the Council in develop- ing schemes in regard to the production, marketing, grading, and standardization of primary produce, or for making more effec- tive use of the experts and facilities of the Department; (ii;.) To advise and assist the Council in such matters as co-operation in the purchasing of machinery, fertilisers, and other articles em- ployed in the production of primary produce, promotion of herd testing, fodder conserva- tion, and the circulation among primary producers of information and advice on primary production generally; and (iv.) Such other duties and functions as the Council may determine. (4.) The Council may from time to time make monetary grants from the Fund to each district council to assist in carrying out its objects, and may issue directions as to the manner in which such funds may be expended. (5.) Thc Council may, if satisfied that good cause exists for so doing, intervene in and give directions as to the conduct of all or any of the business of a district council, and all such directions shall be observed by the district.council concerned. Local 8. (1.) The Council shall, on application made in producers' the prescribed form, register as a local producers' associations associat~ on any association of primary producers; and assign such association to a District constituted under this Act. (2.) Such application sha'}l be signed by not less than fifteen prima,ry producers residing in such District. (3.) The Council may cancel the registration of arty local association if the Council is satisfied that good cause exists for so doing, and thereupon the association shall cease to be a locctl association under this Act.

PRIMARY PRODUCERS. ss. 9, 10. 10139> 1922. Primary Producers' Organisation Act. (4.) Every primary producer shall be entitled to be enrolled in the prescribed manner as a member of a local association, but shall not be entitled to be enrolled as a member of two or more such associa tions. (5.) The duties and functions of local associations shall include- (i.) Taking the initiative in rural matters· per- taining to the particular locality in which the association is primarily interested; (ii.) Ascertaining the requirements of such locality and formulating schemes for having these requirements met; (iii.) Bringing before the district council, through the association's representative, requirements and problems which are not of purely local concern but are of common interest and concern; (iv.) Advising, supporting, and assisting the dis- trict council in its efforts to promote the general prosperity of the primary producers; (v.) Generally co-operating with, advising, and assisting the district council in enabling it to discharge it~ duties and functions efficiently; (vi.) Endeavouring to co-ordinate and correlate the work of the local associations, progress associations, and other like societies in the District, and to strengthen the work they are doing in so fal' as it relates to the rural industries. 9 The rules contained in tb e Schedule to this Act Hules for shall, as to all matters to which they extend, govern the ~~ ~ ~~ fl: of proceedings and business of the Council, district councils, distl' ; ~ t and local associations ; and they shall be 0 bserved. ~~ ~~~ ~~l Any of the provisions of the said Schedule may associations" from time to time be altered or added to by the Schedule. Governor in Council by Order in Council upon the recom- mendation of the Council either generally or as regards the Council or all or any of the district councils or local associations, and the Schedule as so altered or added to shall thereupon become the Schedule to this Act. 10. The Council of Agriculture and every district Council of council shall be a body corporate. Agriculture and every The Council of Agriculture by that name, and distri~ t each district council shall by the name of "The District ~ ~ ub~ Cl; body. Council of Agriculture for the District of [name 0/ corpnmte. o

10140 ss. 11-13. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. • Primary Producers' Organisation Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, District]" have perpetual succession and an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. The Council and each district council shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, and shall have power to purchase, sell, exchange, lease, and hold land, goods, chattels, securities, and any other property whatsoever. Advisory boards. 11. The Governor in Council, upon the recom- mendation of the Council, may appoint advisory boards, to advise the Council in respect to the general business of the Council, or in respect to any particular matters of investigation or research. All expenses in connection with such boards shall be paid out of the Fund. Queensland .12. (1.) There shall be estabJished a Fund to be PArsosdoucicaetriso' n called "The Queensland Producers' Association Fund," Fund. which shall be charged with the payment of all expenses incurred by the Council in the execution of this Act and any such expenses of a district council approved by the Council. (2.) The Fund shall be administered by the Council and shall be audited from time to time by officers of the Department of the Auditor-General. (3.) All levies made by the Council as prescribed and all fines for non-payment thereof shall be paid into the Fund. (4.) The Governor in Council shall, during a period of five years from the date of the passing of this Act, make grants in aid of the Fund out of moneys appro- priated by Parliament for that purpose, and every such grant shall be at a rate of not less than one pound for everyone pound paid into the Fund during the twelve months preceding such grant in respect of all levies and fines imposed under this Act. Provisional Councils. 13. The provisional Council of Agriculture and the provisional district councils appointed by the Governor in Council in existence at the passing of this Act shall be deemed to have been constituted respec- tively as the Council of Agriculture and district councils under this Act, and the members thereof shall hold office until the appointment or election of a Council of

1922. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Primary Prod~ LCers' Organisation Act. s. 14. 10141 AgriclJlture and the respective district councils in the manner prescribed, but in no case shall any member of the Council or any district council continue in office after the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. In the event of any vacancy occurring in such pro- visional Council of Agriculture or in any such provisional district council, the Governor in Council may appoint a member to fill the vacancy; such member shall hold office for the balance ot the period for which his prede- oCessor would have held office had no vacancy arisen. 14. (1.) The Governor in Council, on the recom- Regulations. mendation of the Council, may make such regulations providing for all or any purposes, whether general or to meet particular cases, as may be convenient for the administration of this Act, or as may be necessary or expedient to carry out the objects and purposes of thjs Act, and, where there may be in this Act no provision or no sufficient provision in respect of any matter or thing necessary or expedient to give effect to this Act, providing for and supplying such omission or insufficiency. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions, such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters:- (i.) The fees, allowances, and travelling expenses which may be paid to members of the Coun- cil; (ii.) Elections of members to the Council and the district councils, tenure of office of members of district councils, and filling of casual vacan- cies therein, enrolment of members of local associations, grouping if deemed necessary of local associations for the purpose of electing a member or members to any district council, conduct by post or otherwise of such elec- tions, compilation and revision of rolls of primary producers entitled to vote at such elections, method of determining the qualifi... cation of voters, settlement of disputed elections or questions arising out of or m connection with any election;

10142 s. 14. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Primary Producers' Organisation Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, (iii.) Appointment of standing committees of the Council or district councils, and prescribing their functions, powers, and authorities, the appointment of associate members on such standing committees without the right to vote; (iv.) The exercise and discharge by the Council of all or any of the functions and duties of a district council in cases where the Council is satisfied that such district council is not duly exercising and discharging the same; (v.) The control and management of the Fund ;. empowering the Council or any district council to make levies on primary producers generally or in particular industries or sections of industries or in particular Districts or local- ities, and fixing the amounts of such levies, whether on the same or on different bases in respect of the different industries, operations, Districts, or localities; providing, if deemed necessary, for the expenditure of the sums raised by any particular levies only in the interests of the particular industry or section of industry or District or locality upon the primary producers in which such levies were made; providing methods of recovery or collection of any such levies, including the recovery or collection of such levies from persons holding moneys to the credit of the primary producers liable to pay such levies; imposing fines not exceeding twenty pounds for non-paymep.t of such levies or moneys by primary producers or persons holding moneys to the credit of primary producers: Provided. that before any levy is made on the primary producers in any industry, at the request in writing of at least one hundred primary producers in that industry, a poll of such primary producers shall be held as pre- scribed, and if upon such poll the majority of votes is against the making of such levy, no such levy shall be made upon the primary producers in that industry; (vi.) Prescribing forms of returns and of statistics to be made and furmshed to the Council, or any district council, and the contents thereof

PRIMARY PRODUCERS. ss. 15,16. 10143 1922. Primary Producers' Organisation Act. and the persons (whether primary producers or not) by whom the same shall be made and the time and mode of making and furnishing the same. (2.) The regulations may fix a penalty, not exceed·· ing in any case fifty pounds, for any breach thereof. (3.) All such reguJations shall be published in the Gazette, and thereupon, subject to subsection four hereof, .shall be of the same effect as if they were enacted in this Act. (4.) Such regulations shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly within fourteen sitting days after such publication, if P::.trliament is in session, and if not then within fourteen sitting days after the commence- ment of the next Session. If the Legislative Assembly passes a resolution disallowing any such regulation, of which resolution notice has been given at any time within fourteen sitting days of the Assembly after such regulation has been laid before it, such regulation shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the validity of anything cdone in the meantime. For the purpose of this section, the term "sitting days" shall mean days on which the House actually sits for the despatch of business: Provided always that if such regulations are not duly laid before Parliament as hereinbefore prescribed they shall thereupon cease to have any force, effect, or {)peration whatsoever. 15. Every Order in Council made under this Act Order~ in 'Shall be published in the Gazette, and upon such publica- ~ uncil. tion shall have the same effect as if it were enacted in this Act, and shall be judicially noticed. Any such Order in Council may be rescinded or amended by a subsequent Order in Council made under this Act. 16. The Director shall once in every year make a Director to report to the Council containing a summary of the work make report_ done and investigations made with statistical and other information during the preceding year; such report shall he forwarded by the Council to the Minister and laid before Parliament.

10144 Sch., rr. 1-8. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Primary Producers' Organisation Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 4, Interpreta- tion. SCHEDULE. RULES GOVERNING PROCEEDINJ'S AND BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE, DISTRICT COUNCILS, AND LOCAL PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATIONS. 1. In this Schedule- "Member" means a member of the Council or of a district council or local association, as the case may be; "Meeting" means a meeting of the Council or of a district council or local association, as the case may be ; "Secretary" means the secretary for the time being of the Council or of a district council or local association as the case may be, and includes the person for the time being performing the duties of such secretary. Appointment 2. At its first meeting after the election or appointment of of chairman. members, otherwise than to casual vacancies, the district council or local association shall elect one of the members to be chairman. In the absence of the chairman at any meeting the members present may elect one of their number to be chairman for the meeting. Secretary. 3. Each district council and local association shall appoint a. • secretary. Resigna- tions. 4. Any member may resign his office by writing under his hand, addressed to the secretary; and such resignation shall be complete from the time when it is received by the secretary. . Validity of 5. No proceedings of the Council, or of a district council or local proceedings. association, or of any person acting as President, Vice-President, acting president, chairman, or member, shall be invalidated by reason of any defect in the appointment or election of or of any disqualification of any such person, or by reason of there being any vacancy in the number of members at the time of such proceedings. Power to make by-laws. 6. A district council or local association may make by-laws with respect to the times for.holding meetings, the summoning and adjournment of meetings, the number of members that shall constitute a quorum at any meeting, the duties of its officers and servants, and the transaction and management of business. Such by-laws shall be signed by the chairman of the district council or local association, ab the case may be, and shall be sub- mitted for the approval of the Governor in Council, and, if approved by him, shall be published in the Gazette, and thereupon such by-laws shall have the force of law. Such by-laws may provide a penalty not exceeding five pounds for any breaclh thereof. Approval of 7. By-laws proposed by a district council or local association by-laws. shall be submitted through the Council for approval as aforesaid. Voting. 8. All powers vested in the Council or a district council or local association may be exercised by the majority of the members present at any meeting duly held, and all questions shall be decided by a. majority and by open voting.

PRIMARY PRODUCERS. Sch., rr. 9-14. 10145 1922. Primary Producers' Organisation Act. Upon every question, the President or Vice-President or acting president of the Oouncil or chairman or acting chairman of a district council or local association shall have a vote, and if the numbers are equally divided he shall have a second or casting vote. At all meetings all members present shall vote. If a member refuses to vote, his vote shall be counted for the negative. 9. The members present at a meeting may from time to time Adjourn- adjourn the meeting. . ment. If a quorum is not present within half-an-hour after the time appointed for a meeting, the members present or a majority of them, or anyone member if only one is present, or the secretary if no member is present, may adjourn the meeting to any time not later than one month from the date of such adjournment: Provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the adjournment of any meeting to a later hour of the same day on which such meeting was appointed to be held. lO. A notice of every meeting or adjourned meeting shall be given Noti~ e of .to every member in such manner as by-laws made as aforesaid may meetmgs. determine. 11. The accounts of the Oouncil and every district council shall Audit of be audited from time to time by the Auditor:General or an officer of aceounts. his department, and the members and secretary shall respectively be deemed to be public accountants within the meaning of *" The Audit at Act 1874." The Auditor-General or any officer of his department may also, at the request of the Oouncil, audit the accounts of any local association. A detailed account of expenditure shall once at least in each year be furnished by the Oouncil and every district council to the Auditor-General, showing in detail the salaries, expenses, and allowances, on whatever account, paid to each member and officer' thereof, with the names of all members and officers to whom such payments have been made. Any member of a local producers' association shall be entitled to be furnished with a true copy of such account upon application accompanied by the proper postage stamps. 12. The official seal of the Oouncil or any district council shall Affixing be deemed to have been duly affixed to any document if it is sealed seal. with such seal and signed by the President, Vice-President, acting president, chairman, or acting chairman, as the case may be, and countersigned by the secretary. 13. The production of the Gazette containing any Order in Evidenc~ of Oouncil or the notification of any election or appointment made publication. under this Act shall be sufficient evidence, until the contrary is shown, that such Order in Oouncil has been duly made, and is still in force, and that such election or appointment has been duly made. 14. Any person who obstructs the Oounoil or any district Obstructing. council or local association or any person employed by it, or any execution State officer, in the performance of anything which it or he is of Act. respectively empowered or required to do by this Act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. * 38 Vic. No. 12, 8upra, page 74.

l0146 Sch., rr. 15, 16. PRIMARY PRODUCERS. s. 1. Primary Products Pools Act. 13 GEO. V. No. 9, 'Council may . 15. (1.) Without prejudice to the powers of a distr,ict council, direct. the Council may order proceedings to be taken for the recovery of ,prosecutIOns, any penalties, and for the punishment of any person offending &c. against this Act, and may order the expenses of such prosecution or other proceedings to be paid out of the Fund. Legal (2.) In all proceedings in any court, the secretary or any other ·proceedings. officer of the Council appointed by the President or Vice-President by writing under his hand may represent the Council in all respects as though he were the party concerned. Reimburse· (3.) The secretary or other officer appointed as last aforesaid ment of -{)fficer. shall be reimbursed out of the Fund all damages, costs, charges, and expenses to which he may be put or with which he may become chargeable by reason of anything contained in this section. Recovery of 16. (1.) Any levy, fine, penalty, or other moneys payable under penalties. this Act may be recovered by complaint of the secretary of the Oouncil or of any district council before any two justices. Application (2.) All penalties recovered for offences against this Act shall of penalties. be paid into the Fund. Penalties. (3.) Every person guilty of an offence against this Act shall for every such offence be li~1ble, if no other penalty is imposed, to a . penalty not exceeding five pounds. Saving of (4.) The institution of criminal proceedings against, or the con- civil remedy. viction of a person for, any offence against this Act shall not affect any remedy which any other person aggrieved may be entitled to in any civil proceeding. Justices may (5.) No justice shall be deemed incapable of acting in any case .e;ct though arising under this Act by reason of his being, as one of several hab1e. ~ o t primary producers, or as one of any other class of persons, liable in ~ On n u e. common with others to contribute to or be benefited by the Fund. 13 Geo. V. An Act to provide for the Constitution of Boards N T o H . E 9. Representing Growers of Specified Commodities PRIMARY PRODUCTS POOLS ACT OF 1922. and to Confer Powers on a Board so constituted with respect to the Marketing of the Commodity for which it has been constituted; and for other, consequential purposes. [ASSENTED TO 26TH SEPTEMBER, 192~ . ] B E it enacted by ,the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- ;Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Primary Products Pools Act of 1922.",