Sugar Acquisition Act Amendment Act 1989 (Qld)

602 SUGAR AC QUISITION AC T AMENDMENT ACT ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS 1. Short title and citation 2. Amendment of s. 4A. Constitution of the Sugar Board ur>eustana ANNO TRICESIMO OCTAVO ELIZA ET AE SECUN D AE R E G INAE No. 55 of 1989 An Act to amend the Sugar . Acquisition Act 1915-1987 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 5TH MAY, 1989]

Sugar Acquisition Act Amendment Act 1989, No. 55 603 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Sugar Acquisition Act Amendment Act 1989. (2) In this Act the Sugar Acquisition Act 1915-1987 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Sugar Acquisition Act 1915-1989. 2. Amendment of s. 4A. Constitution of the Sugar Board . Section 4A of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) in subsection (2)- (i) omitting all words from and including the words ", of entering into arrangements" to and including the words "carrying out those arrangements"; (ii) omitting the paragraph commencing "For the purposes"; (b) renumbering subsection (3) as subsection (6); (c) inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:- "(3) The Sugar Board represents the Crown. (4) Subject to any direction of the Minister, the Sugar Board may- (a) in respect of raw sugar acquired or to be acquired by Her Majesty pursuant to this Act, sell or otherwise dispose of the sugar whether for local consumption or for export; (b) do anything necessary or expedient for the effectual exercise of the power conferred by paragraph (a); (c) enter into and carry out arrangements, either alone or as a party to a joint venture, for the development of land to facilitate the storage, disposal and marketing of sugar. In this subsection "sugar" means sugar produced in Queensland and also such sugar as is produced in New South Wales and purchased by the State of Queensland. (5) Subject to any direction of the Minister, where the Sugar Board in the exercise of a power conferred by subsection (4) enters into any agreement, it may do so in its own name without stating that it is acting as the representative of the Government of the State.".