Bulk Handling Act 1967

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

bin means any building, shed, silo or receptacle for the storage of grain, in bulk, pending transport or delivery, and includes any plant or equipment used in connection with the reception of grain in bulk;

Company means Co‑operative Bulk Handling Limited, a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act 1893 ², and deemed to be registered under the Companies (Co‑operative) Act 1943 ³, and having its registered office at Wellington Street, Perth ⁴;

grade, in relation to grain tendered to or received by the Company, means the grade as determined by the application of the standard or standards in accordance with which the Company is obliged by section 6A to make that determination or cause it to be made;

grain means the seeds of the cereal grasses wheat and barley;

grain received in bulk means grain in respect of which the Company renders a service;

grower includes the legal personal representative of a deceased person, a trustee, the liquidator of a company, a person entitled to a share of a crop, under a share farming agreement, and a corporation, organization or body delivering grain to the Company;

marketing authority means the Australian Wheat Board or any other marketing authority constituted by or under any law of the Commonwealth or of the State for the marketing of any type of grain;

miller means a person whose business includes the milling, other processing or use of grain;

representative, in relation to a grower, means a person acting under the express or implied authority of the grower and includes a person tendering grain to the Company on behalf of the grower;

season, in relation to grain, means the period extending from 1 November in any year, or, if grain is received prior to 1 November, then from the date of receival of the grain, to 31 October in the following year;

section means a section of this Act;

terminal elevator means a silo or container maintained at a port for the handling of grain and includes machinery and buildings ancillary to such a silo or container.

[Section 5 amended: No. 3 of 1981 s. 3; No. 29 of 2002 s. 4; No. 30 of 2002 s. 47.]