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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

insert

hen means a domestic fowl (Gallus gallus).


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