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Queensland Dairy Industry Act 1993 DAIRY INDUSTRY (MARKET MILK PRICES) ORDER (No. 1) 1998 Reprinted as in force on 27 May 1998 (order not amended up to this date) Reprint No. 1 This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy Information about this reprint This order is reprinted as at 27 May 1998. See endnotes for information about when provisions commenced. Queensland DAIRY INDUSTRY (MARKET MILK PRICES) ORDER (No. 1) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . 3 2 Definitions . 3 3 Order applies to market milk . 5 4 Prices for purchases of milk by processors—sch 2 . 5 5 Prices for sales of market milk—sch 3 . 6 6 Conditions of order . 6 7 Repeal . 7 SCHEDULE 1 . 8 MILK DISTRICTS 1 Brisbane milk district . 8 2 South East Queensland milk district . 9 3 Kilcoy milk district . 10 4 Bundaberg, Gladstone and Rockhampton milk district . 10 5 Yeppoon and Emu Park milk district . 10 6 Mackay milk district . 10 7 Western Towns milk district . 10 8 North East Queensland milk district . 11 9 Mossman milk district . 11 10 Mt Isa milk district . 11 11 Milk districts do not include unconnected islands . 11 SCHEDULE 2 . 12 MINIMUM PRICES FOR PURCHASES OF MARKET MILK BY PROCESSORS 2 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 SCHEDULE 3 . 13 PRICES FOR SALES OF MARKET MILK ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . 30 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . 30 3 Key . 30 4 List of legislation . 30 s 1 3 s 2 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 DAIRY INDUSTRY (MARKET MILK PRICES) ORDER (No. 1) 1998 [reprinted as in force on 27 May 1998] ˙Short title 1. This order may be cited as the Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998. ˙Definitions 2. In this order— “bottle” means a sealed bottle. “Brisbane milk district” see schedule 1. “Bundaberg, Gladstone and Rockhampton milk district” see schedule 1. “carton” means a sealed carton. “container” means a sealed plastic container. “Food Standards Code” means the Food Standards Code adopted under the Food Standards Regulation 1994. “high calcium” means having a calcium content of not less than 1.7 g/kg. “high fat” means having a milk fat content of not less than 45 g/kg. “Kilcoy milk district” see schedule 1. “liquid milk products with vegetable oil” means milk to which vegetable oil has been added so that the product has a vegetable fat content of not more than 35 g/kg. “low fat” means having a milk fat content of not more than 10 g/kg. “Mackay milk district” see schedule 1. “milk district” means— s 2 4 s 2 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 (a) the Brisbane milk district; or (b) the South East Queensland milk district; or (c) the Kilcoy milk district; or (d) the Bundaberg, Gladstone and Rockhampton milk district; or (e) the Yeppoon and Emu Park milk district; or (f) the Mackay milk district; or (g) the Western Towns milk district; or (h) the North East Queensland milk district; or (i) the Mossman milk district; or (j) the Mt Isa milk district. “milk shop” means— (a) a business (other than one conducted by the holder of a licence) involving the purchase and resale of milk; or (b) a business involving the purchase of pasteurised milk in quantities over 80 L per week. “modified milk” means a liquid mixture of 2 or more of the following— (a) milk; (b) concentrated milk; (c) dried full cream milk; (d) skim milk; (e) concentrated skim milk; (f) dried skim milk; (g) cream; (h) buttermilk; (i) dried buttermilk; (j) milk fat; (k) water. s 3 5 s 4 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 “Mossman milk district” see schedule 1. “Mt Isa milk district” see schedule 1. “North East Queensland milk district” see schedule 1. “pasteurised” means treated by— (a) heating to a temperature of at least 72°C, keeping at or above that temperature for at least 15 seconds and immediately shock cooling to a temperature below 4.5°C; or (b) another process involving heating and shock cooling, that has an equal or greater lethal effect on bacteria. “reduced fat” means having a milk fat content of not more than 20 g/kg and not less than 10 g/kg. “reduced lactose” means having not more than one-fifth the normal lactose content of milk. “skim” means having a milk fat content of not more than 1.5 g/kg. “South East Queensland milk district” see schedule 1. “ultra heat treated (UHT)” means treated by heating to a temperature of at least 132°C for at least 1 second and packaging in hermetically sealed packages approved under the Food Standards Code. “vitamin supplemented” means having vitamins added in accordance with standard R9 of the Food Standards Code. “Western Towns milk district” see schedule 1. “Yeppoon and Emu Park milk district” see schedule 1. ˙Order applies to market milk 3. This order applies to market milk. ˙Prices for purchases of milk by processors—sch 2 4. The minimum price for which milk may be purchased by processors from producers or other processors to be processed for sale as milk is fixed under schedule 2. s 5 6 s 6 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 ˙Prices for sales of market milk—sch 3 5.(1) The prices specified in schedule 3 are fixed for sales of the kinds shown in the schedule. (2) The prices apply to each milk district as specified in the schedule. (3) However, the prices fixed under this section are subject to the following qualifications— (a) a fixed or minimum price does not apply to the sale of milk to— (i) the Defence Force; or (ii) government departments, agencies and instrumentalities; or (iii) public hospitals; (b) if the milk is delivered to the place of residence of the purchaser—an additional charge of 2 cents per litre, or each container, (whichever is the greater) may be made; (c) retail prices are to be rounded up or down under the principles approved by the Prices Surveillance Authority. ˙Conditions of order 6.(1) A processor must pay the authority, out of the price to which the processor is entitled on the sale of reduced fat modified milk and low fat modified milk ultimately to be sold to consumers in— (a) the Brisbane milk district; or (b) the South East Queensland milk district; or (c) the Kilcoy milk district; 3 cents per litre to be applied towards the costs of transporting milk between processors. (2) The amounts to be paid by processors under this section must be paid within the period after the period in which the processor supplies the milk. (3) In subsection (2)— s 6 7 s 7 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 “period”, for a processor, means— (a) a month or other division of a year agreed between the processor and the authority for the purposes of subsection (2); or (b) if there is no agreement—a division of a year decided by the authority. ˙Repeal 7. The Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1997 is repealed. 8 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 ¡SCHEDULE 1 † MILK DISTRICTS section 2 ˙Brisbane milk district 1. The Brisbane milk district consists of an area bounded by an imaginary line— • starting at the southern tip of North Stradbroke Island • then generally northerly along the eastern shores of North Stradbroke and Moreton Islands to Comboyura Point on Moreton Island • then generally south-westerly to a point 5 km east of the mouth of the Pine River • then to the right bank of the mouth of the Pine River • then along the right banks of the Pine and South Pine Rivers to the crossing of the North Coast railway • then generally north-westerly along the railway to the crossing of the North Pine River • then along the right bank of the North Pine River to the western boundary of the shire of Pine Rivers • then generally southerly along the boundary of the shire of Pine Rivers to its junction with the western boundary of the city of Brisbane • then generally south-easterly along the boundary of the city of Brisbane to its junction with the northern boundary of the former shire of Moreton as shown on plan LGB891 Edition 1 1 This plan may be inspected at the Department of Local Government and Planning. 9 Dairy Industry (Market Milk Prices) Order (No. 1) 1998 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) • then generally south-easterly along the boundary of the former shire of Moreton to the north-western corner of lot 131 on plan S3122382 • then generally easterly along the southern boundary of the former division 1 of the shire of Beaudesert, as described in the order in council published in the gazette on 11 December 1948 at page 3022, to its junction with the Logan River • then along the right bank of the Logan River to its junction with the boundary of the shire of Redland • then generally easterly along the boundary to the southern tip of North Stradbroke Island. ˙South East Queensland milk district 2. The South East Queensland milk district consists of— (a) the cities of Maryborough, Redcliffe and Toowoomba; and (b) the city of Caloundra, other than the former division 1 as shown on plan SC374;3 and (c) the part of city of Gold Coast north of Coolangatta Creek; and (d) the former city of Ipswich, as shown on plan LGB66 Edition 1; and (e) the former city of Warwick, as described in the order in council published in the gazette on 24 March 1951 at page 1047; and (f) the town of Dalby; and (g) the shires of Caboolture, Cooloola and Noosa; and 2 This plan may be inspected at the Department of Natural Resources.