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COTTON.
Cotton Industry
~,fct
Amendment Act.
15
GEO.
V. No. 14,
COTTON.
15 Geo. V.
No. 14.
THE COTTON
INDUSTRY
ACT
AMENDMENT
ACT OF 1924.
An Act to Amend "The Cotton Industry Act of
1923" in certain particulars.
[ASSENTED TO 28TH OCTOBER, 1924.J
by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
B E itbyenacted
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows;-
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as " The Cotton IndustTY
at 1924," and shall be read as one
with *" The Cotton Industry Act at 1923," herein referred
to as the Principal Act. This Act and the Principal
Act may together be cited as " The Cotton Industry Acts,
1923 to 1924."
a~!truction Act Amendment Act
~f Act.
Amendments
2. The
follows;-
Amendm~mt
(i. ) Before the definition of "Authorised agent" in
section three, the following definition is inserted ;_
" Annual cotton"-Cotton obtained from the first
growth of the cotton plant after planting;
the term does not include ratoon cotton or
tree cotton or any perennial cotton."
~cr.rincipa.l
of
B.
3.
Annual
cotton.
Principal
Act is
hereby
amended as
In the definition of "Seed cotton" in section three,
the words "obtained from the annual planting of the
seed" are repealed.
AmendmGnt
of
8.
6•.
(ii.) In the first paragraph of subsection one of
section six, the words "seed cotton" are repealed and
the words "annual cotton" are inserted in lieu thereof;
also after the word " State" the words " whether annual
cotton or ratoon cotton" are inserted.
of~. 7.
(iii.) In subsection one of section seven, after the
word " but" the words "in the case of annual cotton"
are inserted.
Amendment
B. 9.
(iv.) In subsection one of section nine, before the
words "cotton delivered at an authorised factory" the
Amendment
of
*
14 Geo. V. No. 28, supra, page 10494.
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word "annual" is inserted; also, before the proviso to
the said subsection one the following provision is
inserted : "Such sum per pound as he may think fit for
ratoon cotton obtained from the second
growth of the cotton plant delivered at an
authorised factory during the years ending
respectively on the thirty-first day of July,
one .thousand nine hundred and twenty-five,
and the thirty-first day of .July, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-six."
(v.) Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of section thirteen Amendment
are repealed, and after the word "Act" in the said of ~. t13 t:'
.
ra. Ion
sectIOn
t h e wor d
s " no person sh a11 grow any cotton regis
of cottonplants within the State unless he is registered as growerIS
~
compu sory.
preseT!'b e.d :
Provided that the Governor in Council may by
Order in Council exempt any person or class of persons
from the operation of this section" are inserted.
In the last paragraph of the said section the words
"any of" are repealed.
.
(vi.) Section twenty-one is repealed and the following Amendment
section is inserted in lieu thereof : of s. 21.
" [21. ] (1.) On or before a date to be proclaimed by Cotton
the Governor in Council in every year all cotton p1ants- b~~:~l~ay
(i.) Which are the first growth after planting with
shall either be destroyed or be cut down to annually.
within six inches of the ground level ;
(ii.) Which are not the first growth after planting
shall be destroyed.
(2.) On or before a date to be proclaimed by the
Governor in Council in every year, all debris of cotton
plants, whether arising from destruction or cutting-down
thereof, and whether on any land or at any ginnery, shall
be destroyed by fire.
(3.) The dates referred to in subsections one and two
hereof may be different for different districts or localities,
having regard to climatic conditions or any other conditions or circumstances retarding the maturity and
harvesting of the cotton crop in any of such districts or
localities, and any date so proclaimed may be extended
with respect to any particular district or locality.
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Cotton Industry Act Amendment Act.
Amendment
of s. 35.
Amendment
of s. 38.
15
GEO.
V. No. 14,
(4.) If upon any land whereon cotton is being grown
or has been grown any cotton plant not so destroyed or
cut down aR herein provided, or debris of cotton plants,
is found after the said proclaimed date in any year, the
person who is or was concerned in the growing of such
cotton shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(5.) An inspector may enter upon any land(a) Upon which mature or autumn-planted cotton
plants are growing after the said proclaimed
date in any year and cause them, in his
discretion, either to be destroyed or cut
down as aforesaid and the debris thereof to
be destroyed by fire;
(b) Upon which the debris of any cotton plants is
found after the said date in any year, and
cause the same to be destroyed by fire."
(vii.) In paragraph (c) of section thirty-five, the
words "cotton subject to this Act" are repealed and
the words "annual cotton, or ratoon cotton obtained
from the second growth of the cotton plant, or ratoon
cotton subject to this Act, or that any debris found upon
any land or at any ginnery after the date proclaimed
in that behalf under section twenty-one of this Act in
any year is debris of cotton plants subj ect to this Act,
or that any cotton plants are or are not the first growth
after planting" are inserted in lieu thereof; also after
the words "under this Act" the words "or that any
person is or was concerned in the growing of 'any cotton
or is or is not registered under this Act" are inserted.
(viii.) The following words are added to subsection
one of section thirty-eight: --" the conditions upon
which registrations may be granted, suspended, or
revoked."
In subsection two of the said section, the word
seed" is repealed and the word "annua]" is inserted
in lieu thereof.
After subsection five of the said section the following
subsection is inserted : " (,JA.) Conditions for the harvesting, ginning,
marketing, or handling of any ratoon cotton
separately from any other cotton."
In subsection seven of the said section, the words
" seed cotton" are repealed and the words " cotton seed"
are inserted in lieu thereof.
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Subsection nine of the said section is repealed and
the following subsection is inserted in lieu thereof : " (9.) Prescribing particulars which shall be furnished to the Under Secretary by cotton
growers with respect to any matter arising
under this Act."
After subsection fourteen of the said section the
following subsections are inserted : "(14A) Authorising the Minister or the Council of
Agriculture from time to time to make and
levy (after publication in the Gazette of the
intention so to do) an assessment on every
pOlmd of seed cotton received at a ginnery
in such sum as the Minister on the recommendation of the Council of Agriculture may
at any time determine: Provided that(a) No such regulations shall have any force or
effect unless or until a poll of the registered
cotton growers affected by the levy has
been taken as prescribed, nor unless
seventy-five per centum of such cotton
growers have voted at such poll in favour
of such levy.
(b) Such assessment shall be borne by the
cotton growers.
Such assessment shall be paid by the
owner of the ginnery to the Minister or the
Council of Agriculture upon the first day
of every month upon the actual number
of pounds of seed cotton received at the
ginnery during the preceding month.
The amount of the assessment shall be a
debt due from the owner of the ginnery to
the Minister or Council of Agricult,ure and
recoverable at the suit of the Minister or
such Council accordingly~ but the owner of
the ginnery may deduct from the price
of the seed cotton each cotton grower's
proportion of such assessment.
(c) All assessments so levied shall be paid into
a fund to be called the Cotton Growers'
Fund. Such fund shall be administered by
the Council of Agriculture or by a Board
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appointed by the Minister on the reCOlllmenda tion of the Council of Agriculture,
and shall be audited from time to time
by officers of the Department of the
Auditor-General.
Such fund may be applied by the
Council of Agriculture or such Board to
the purchase or erection and the maintenance and working of a cotton ginnery
or ginneries, or to such other purposes as
may be stated in the regulations authorising
the levy.
(14B) Providing for the establishment of cotton
credits in favour of the cotton growers from
whom any such levy has been collected and
for the allotment of shares or other interests
in any ginnery or other property purchased
hereunder upon the basis of the amount of
such credits."
The following words are added to subsection fifteen
of the said section :-" and for the suspension or
revocation of any registration for any such breach."
CROWN LAND.
See
LAND, CROWN.
DEAF CHILDREN .
.'lee
EDUCATION.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.
See
LAND, CROWN.
DISEASES IN PLANTS.
See
AGRICULTURE.
DUMB CHILDREN.
See
CHILDREN.