Contents (1985 - 16)
Apiaries Act 1985 No 16
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 Definitions

Part 2 Administration

4 (Repealed)
5 Inspectors

Part 3 Registration of beekeepers

6 Unregistered persons not to keep bees
7 Application for registration
8 Grant or refusal of application for registration
9 Registration may be subject to conditions etc
10 Particular duties of a registered beekeeper
11 Renewal of registration
12 Cancellation of registration
13 Director-General to keep register of beekeepers

Part 4 Regulation of beekeeping activities

Division 1 General regulatory requirements

14 Bees to be kept in frame hives
15 Beehives to be identified
15A Forfeiture of beehives in certain cases
16 Access to beehives to be kept clear
17 Abandoned or neglected bees or associated things
18 Power of Director-General to restrict beekeeping on certain premises
18A Power of inspectors to relocate beehives in emergency
19 Power to prohibit the keeping of bees in specified areas
20 Honey not to be exposed

Division 2 Disease control

21 Infected bees etc not to be kept or sold
22 Beekeepers to notify disease
23 Declaration of infected areas
24 Powers of inspectors with respect to infected bees etc
24A Power to order tests
25 (Repealed)
26 Prohibition of importation of bees etc
27 Establishment of quarantine areas
27A Permits

Part 5 Compensation for loss of bees etc

28 Payment of compensation
29 Persons to whom compensation is payable
30 Claims
31 Basis of compensation
32 Compensation limited
32A Determination of compensation
33 Compensation payable under this Part to be a fixed charge on the Consolidated Fund
34 Offences under Part 5

Part 6 Reviews by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

35 Applications for review
36, 37 (Repealed)

Part 7 Enforcement

38 General powers of inspection
38A Inspector may request assistance
39 Power to require name and place of residence and location of beehives
40 Assault etc of inspector
41 Personation of inspector
42 General provisions with respect to offences
42A Penalty notices
43 Offences by officers of corporations
44 Evidentiary provisions
45 Injunctions
46 Recovery of expenses

Part 8 Miscellaneous provisions

46A Exclusion of personal liability
47 Service of documents
47A Delegation
48 Certain orders to be published in Gazette
49 (Repealed)
50 Regulations
51 Amendment of Schedules 1, 2 and 3
52 Repeals
53 Savings and transitional provisions
54 Description of land in documents under this Act

 Schedule 1 Notifiable diseases

 Schedule 2 Prescribed diseases

 Schedule 3 Compensatable diseases

 Schedule 4 Repeals

 Schedule 5 Savings and transitional provisions

Historical notes