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TASMANIA
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TASMANIAN BEEF INDUSTRY (RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT) TRUST AMENDMENT BILL
2014
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5. Section 6 amended (Members of the Trust)
6. Section 12 inserted
12. Reporting
7. Section 13A inserted
13A. Power of Minister to dissolve Trust
8. Schedule 1 amended (Members of the Trust)
9. Schedule 2 amended (Meetings of the Trust)
10. Repeal of Act
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TASMANIAN BEEF INDUSTRY (RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT) TRUST AMENDMENT BILL
2014
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
P. R. ALCOCK, Clerk of the House
6 November 2014
(Brought in by the Minister for Primary Industries and Water,
the Honourable Jeremy Page Rockliff)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Tasmanian Beef Industry (Research
and Development) Trust Act 1990
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Tasmanian Beef
Industry (Research and Development) Trust
Amendment Act 2014.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Tasmanian Beef Industry
(Research and Development) Trust Act 1990* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting before the definition of the Minister the
following definitions:
beef producer means a natural person who -
(a) is engaged in breeding, rearing or
managing beef cattle; and
(b) derives a substantial proportion of
his or her annual income from
one or more of those activities;
Meat Council means the Meat Council
established in accordance with the
constitution of the TFGA;
TFGA means the Tasmanian Farmers and
Graziers Association;
5. Section 6 amended (Members of the Trust)
Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
*No. 14 of 1990
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(a) by omitting subsection (1) and
substituting the following subsection:
(1) The Trust consists of 5 members,
appointed by the Minister, of
whom -
(a) 2 are beef producers
selected by the Minister
from a panel of names
provided by the Board of
the TFGA in consultation
with the Meat Council;
and
(b) 3 are persons with
experience in the beef
industry, at least one of
whom has expertise in
agricultural science and
knowledge of
contemporary beef
research and
development.
(b) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (2):
(3) A member may not serve more
than 2 consecutive terms of
office.
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6. Section 12 inserted
Before section 13 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part 4:
12. Reporting
(1) The Trust must provide to the Minister,
by not later than 30 September in each
year, a comprehensive annual report
showing, in particular -
(a) the number and location of, and
attendance at, meetings held by
the Trust; and
(b) the number of applications
received for grant funding; and
(c) a list of the recipients of grants
provided in the year and the
amount and purpose of those
grants; and
(d) copies of all final reports on any
activities funded by the Trust in
that year.
(2) The Minister and the Trust may make the
report available in any way considered
appropriate.
7. Section 13A inserted
After section 13 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part 4:
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13A. Power of Minister to dissolve Trust
(1) If the Minister is satisfied that the Trust
has failed to meet its obligations under
section 8, 11 or 12 or clause 1, 2, 3 or 4
of Schedule 2, the Minister may serve
notice on the Trust, advising it of the
Minister's intention to dissolve the Trust.
(2) The notice is to state that, unless the
Trust meets the obligations specified in
the notice within a specified period,
being not less than 3 months, the
Minister will dissolve the Trust.
(3) The Minister may extend the period
specified in the notice.
(4) If the Minister, after exploring all other
reasonable options to rectify the Trust's
failure to meet the obligations specified
in the notice, including by the
replacement of the trustees, is satisfied
that the Trust has failed to meet those
obligations within the period specified,
or extended under subsection (3), the
Minister may dissolve the Trust.
(5) If the Minister dissolves the Trust, the
Minister -
(a) has all the powers and functions
of the Trust; and
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(b) must ensure that any remaining
Trust funds are used for the
purposes of this Act; and
(c) is to lay a copy of the reasons for
the dissolution of the Trust before
each House of Parliament within
21 sitting-days of that House after
the dissolution.
(6) A notice under this section is not a
statutory rule for the purposes of the
Rules Publication Act 1953.
8. Schedule 1 amended (Members of the Trust)
Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (d) in clause 1(1):
(da) if the member is or becomes a
salaried officer or employee of
the TFGA; or
(b) by inserting in clause 2 "only" after
"paid".
9. Schedule 2 amended (Meetings of the Trust)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
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(a) by omitting from clause 1(2) "all 3" and
substituting "4";
(b) by inserting the following subclause after
subclause (2) in clause 1:
(3) The Minister must be invited to
attend, or send a representative
to, every meeting of the Trust as
an observer.
(c) by omitting subclause (1) from clause 2
and substituting the following subclause:
(1) The members are to elect
annually one of their number to
be chairperson who is to preside
at each meeting of the Trust.
(d) by omitting from clause 2(2) "2" and
substituting "3".
10. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which it
commences.
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