Crop Production and Livestock (Wattle Bark Factory) Rules

THE CROP PRODUCTION AND LIVESTOCK (WATTLE BARK FACTORY) RULES 1. These Rules may be cited as the Crop Production and Livestock (Wattle Bark Factory) Rules. 2. In these Rules— "wattle bark factory" means a factory for the preparation, processing or other treatment of wattle bark for sale or for the manufacture of wattle bark extract. 3. No person shall, for purposes of sale, prepare, process or otherwise treat wattle bark or manufacture wattle bark extract except in a factory licensed for the purpose by the Minister. 4. No person shall sell or otherwise dispose of any wattle bark except to a wattle bark factory unless such wattle bark has been first prepared, processed or otherwise treated in a wattle bark factory. 5. The Minister may grant a wattle bark factory licence to any person, or refuse to grant a licence on the ground that a sufficient number of factories exist in the area or on any other ground: Provided that this rule shall not apply to any wattle bark factory established before, and operating on, the 15th February, 1938. 6. A wattle bark factory licence shall be subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Minister on the grant thereof, and shall remain in force until it is suspended or revoked. 7. The Minister may at any time suspend or revoke a wattle bark factory licence on the ground that the licensee has contravened the conditions of the licence. 8. No wattle bark factory licence shall be transferred except with the consent in writing of the Minister. 9. When the Minister is satisfied— (a) that it is in the interests of the wattle industry that a wattle bark factory should be established in any area; or (b) that the extent of wattle bark planting in any area is such that the establishment of a wattle bark factory will be necessary when such wattle trees reach maturity, he shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette inviting applications for a wattle bark factory licence in respect of the place specified in the notice.