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AUSTRALIAN WOOL INDUSTRY COUNCIL REGULATIONS 1991 NO. 194

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 194

Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy

AUSTRALIAN WOOL INDUSTRY COUNCIL ACT 1991

AUSTRALIAN WOOL INDUSTRY COUNCIL REGULATIONS

Section 39 of the Australian Wool Industry Council Act 1991 (the Act) empowers the Governor-General make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Sections 10, 11 and 25 of the Act concern industry review conferences, conferences of chairpersons of wool industry statutory bodies, and meetings of the Council. These are new regulations which expand the coverage of those sections of the Act so that,

(a)       the Council is required to convene industry review conferences, the first to be convened before 1 April 1992 and subsequent conferences to be held at least every three years

(b)       the Chairperson of the Council must convene monthly meetings of chairpersons of wool industry statutory bodies with the first to be held prior to 16 August 1991.

(c)       the Chairperson must hold a meeting of Council upon the written request of 7 Council Members and meetings must be held at least every 3 months.