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BULK HANDLING AMENDMENT BILL 2002

                        Western Australia


      Bulk Handling Amendment Bill 2002

                           CONTENTS

1.     Short title                              1
2.     Commencement                             2
3.     The Act amended                          2
4.     Section 5 amended                        2
5.     Sections 6, 8, 9 and 10 repealed         2
6.     Section 6A replaced                      2
7.     Section 16 amended                       3
8.     Parts III and IV repealed                3
9.     Part V heading replaced                  3
10.    Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34B repealed     3
11.    Section 34 amended                       3
12.    Section 34A amended                      3
13.    Section 35 amended                       3
14.    Section 36 amended                       4
15.    Section 39 repealed                      4
16.    Section 42 amended                       4
17.    Section 43 amended                       4
18.    Section 45 amended                       4
19.    Section 46 amended                       5
20.    Section 50A repealed                     5
21.    Section 51 amended                       5
22.    Section 52 amended                       5
23.    Section 53 amended                       6
24.    Transitional and savings                 6
25.    Consequential amendments                 6
       Schedule 1 -- Transitional and savings
1.     Interpretation                           7
2.     Tolls and debentures (s. 31 and 32)      7




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Contents



           Schedule 2 -- Consequential
               amendments
   1.      Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 amended   8
   2.      Wheat Marketing Act 1989 amended           8




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                           Western Australia


                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



        Bulk Handling Amendment Bill 2002


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Bulk Handling Act 1967, and for related
purposes.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:


1.      Short title
        This Act may be cited as the Bulk Handling Amendment
        Act 2002.




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     s. 2




     2.       Commencement
              This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
              the Royal Assent.

     3.       The Act amended
5             The amendments in this Act are to the Bulk Handling
              Act 1967*.
              [* Reprinted as at 13 September 1993.
                 For subsequent amendments see 2001 Index to Legislation of
                 Western Australia, Table 1, p. 39.]

10   4.       Section 5 amended
              Section 5 is amended by deleting the definitions of "authorized
              receiver", "Board" and "dockage".

     5.       Sections 6, 8, 9 and 10 repealed
              Sections 6, 8, 9 and 10 are repealed.
15   6.       Section 6A replaced
              Section 6A is repealed and the following section is inserted
              instead --
     "
            6A.     Determination of standards
20            (1)   The Company shall, in relation to grain tendered to or
                    received by it, determine or cause to be determined the
                    grade of that grain in accordance with the standard or
                    standards for the time being adopted by the Company
                    in respect of grain of the type concerned.
25            (2)   Before adopting a standard or standards, the Company
                    shall consult such persons as the Company considers
                    appropriate.
                                                                              ".


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     7.          Section 16 amended
                 Section 16(3) is amended by deleting "toll or other".

     8.          Parts III and IV repealed
                 Parts III and IV are repealed.

5    9.          Part V heading replaced
                 The heading to Part V is deleted and the following heading is
                 inserted instead --
     "
                                   Part V -- Charges
10                                                                                ".

     10.         Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34B repealed
                 Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34B are repealed.

     11.         Section 34 amended
           (1)   Section 34(1) is amended by deleting "Governor by Order in
15               Council" and inserting instead --
                 "   Company's board of directors       ".
           (2)   Section 34(2) and (3) are repealed.

     12.         Section 34A amended
                 Section 34A is amended by deleting "section 34B or 34C, as the
20               case requires," and inserting instead --
                 "   section 34C   ".

     13.         Section 35 amended
           (1)   Section 35(1) is amended by deleting "tolls and other".
           (2)   Section 35(2) is amended by deleting "toll and".



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     14.         Section 36 amended
           (1)   Section 36(1) is amended by deleting "dockage and".
           (2)   Section 36(2)(d) is amended by deleting "dockage and".

     15.         Section 39 repealed
5                Section 39 is repealed.

     16.         Section 42 amended
           (1)   Section 42(2)(b) is amended by deleting "nor, unless the
                 Minister so directs, at any terminal elevator to which the grain
                 tendered has been transported more than 100 kilometres by
10               road".
           (2)   Section 42(3) is repealed.

     17.         Section 43 amended
           (1)   Section 43(2) is amended by deleting "and the dockage (if any)
                 that is applicable to it".
15         (2)   Section 43(3) is amended as follows:
                  (a) by deleting ", or the dockage applicable to,";
                  (b) by deleting "those things or either of them" and
                        inserting instead --
                        " the grade ".
20         (3)   Section 43(4) is amended by deleting ", or dockage applicable
                 to,".
           (4)   Section 43(4a) and (4b) are repealed.
           (5)   Section 43(7) is amended by deleting "or dockage".

     18.         Section 45 amended
25               Section 45(2) is amended by deleting "tolls,".



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     19.         Section 46 amended
           (1)   Section 46(1) is amended by deleting "the Board and".
           (2)   Section 46(2) is amended by deleting "the Board and" in both
                 places where it occurs.

5    20.         Section 50A repealed
                 Section 50A is repealed.

     21.         Section 51 amended
                 Section 51(1) is amended as follows:
                   (a) by deleting paragraph (a) and inserting the following
10                      paragraph instead --
                        "
                            (a)   the charge or charges referred to in section 34A
                                  shall be payable by, and recoverable from, the
                                  grower to whom it is or they are credited and
15                                the charges, including any arrears of charges,
                                  shall be a first charge in priority to all other
                                  claims on the moneys payable under the
                                  relevant compulsory marketing law in respect
                                  of the relative grain;
20                                                                                   ";
                  (b)       in paragraph (aa) by deleting "sections" and inserting
                            instead --
                            " section ";
                  (c)       after paragraph (b) by inserting "and";
25                (d)       by deleting paragraph (c) and "and" after it.

     22.         Section 52 amended
                 Section 52(3) is amended as follows:
                   (a) by deleting "7 to 9 inclusive," and inserting instead --
                        " 7, ";
30                (b) by deleting "31 to 33 inclusive,".

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    23.      Section 53 amended
             Section 53(2)(d) is amended by deleting "notified to, or".

    24.      Transitional and savings
             Schedule 1 has effect.

5   25.      Consequential amendments
             The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are amended as specified in
             that Schedule.




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                                             Transitional and savings       Schedule 1



                   Schedule 1 -- Transitional and savings
                                                                                  [s. 24]

     1.         Interpretation
                In this Schedule --
5               "CBH" means Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited, a company
                   registered under the Companies (Co-operative) Act 1943;
                "commencement day" means the day on which this Act comes into
                    operation.

     2.         Tolls and debentures (s. 31 and 32)
10        (1)   Debentures issued before the commencement day in accordance with
                section 31 or 32 of the Bulk Handling Act 1967 continue on and after
                that day on the terms on which they were issued.
          (2)   If, before the commencement day, a grower paid a foundation toll or a
                port equipment toll but as at that day had not been issued a debenture
15              in satisfaction of the debt created by that payment --
                  (a)   the debt created by the payment of the toll remains payable
                        by CBH to the grower on the terms set out in subclause (3);
                        and
                  (b)   CBH need not issue a debenture in respect of that debt.
20        (3)   The terms of a debt referred to in subclause (2)(a) are that --
                  (a)   no interest is payable in respect of the debt; and
                  (b)   CBH --
                          (i) must repay the debt in full on or before 31 October in
                                the year 10 years after the day on which the toll was
25                              entered in the relevant register; but
                          (ii)   may repay all or part of the debt at any time before
                                 then.




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     Schedule 2          Consequential amendments



                    Schedule 2 -- Consequential amendments
                                                                               [s. 25]

     1.         Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 amended
          (1)   This clause amends the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966*.
5               [* Reprinted as at 11 May 2001.
                   For subsequent amendments see Acts Nos. 7 and 20 of 2002.]
          (2)   The First Schedule clause 1 is amended by deleting "facility
                established by the body known as Co-operative Bulk Handling
                Limited" and inserting instead --
10              "    bulk grain handling facility   ".

     2.         Wheat Marketing Act 1989 amended
          (1)   This clause amends the Wheat Marketing Act 1989*.
                [* Act No. 26 of 1989.
                   For subsequent amendments see 2001 Index to Legislation of
15                 Western Australia, Table 1, p. 416.]
          (2)   Section 7 is repealed.




 


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