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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 9 Hansard (21 August) . . Page.. 3109 ..
Schedules of amendments
Schedule 1
Food Bill 2001
Amendments circulated by Ms Tucker
Schedule 2
Proposed new parts 2.1A and 2.1B
Page 113, line 12-
After part 2.1, insert the following new parts:Part 2.1A Animal Welfare Act 1992
[2.1A] New sections 9B and 9C
insert
9B Hens kept contrary to law-sale of eggs
(1) A person must not sell eggs produced by a hen kept in a way that is an offence against a Territory law or that would be an offence against a Territory law if the hen were kept in the Territory.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) This section does not apply to the sale of a product in which hen eggs are an ingredient.
9C Labelling of egg packages
(1) A person must not sell hen eggs unless the eggs are packaged in accordance with the egg labelling requirements.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) For this section, the egg labelling requirements , for hen eggs, are-
(a) that the packaging for the eggs displays the relevant expression in schedule 1 indicating the conditions under which the hens that produced the eggs are kept; and
(b) that the relevant expression is followed by the word 'eggs'; and
(c) that the relevant expression is conspicuously displayed on the packaging in standard type of at least 6mm high.
[2.1B] Dictionary, new definition of hen
inserthen means a domestic fowl (Gallus gallus).
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