Branch profile - The directorate supports sustainable economic development and growth in value through biosecurity surveillance and assurance; and industry innovation, consultation, planning and leadership. The focus is on developing partnerships across supply chains, achieving measurable productivity improvements, developing appropriate infrastructure, increasing market penetration and promoting excellence. Administered legislation The Minister for Agriculture and Food is responsible for the administration of a large number of related Acts. Responsibility for most of these is delegated to the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (the Western Australian Agriculture Authority): Aerial Spraying Control Act 1966 Fertilizers Act 1977* Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Taxing) Act 1995 Gene Technology Act 2006 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Western Australia) Act 1995 Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act 2003 Agricultural Produce (Chemical Residues) Act 1983* Industrial Hemp Act 2004 Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 Loans (Co-operative Companies) Act 2004 Agricultural Products Act 1929* Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976* Ord River Dam Catchment Area (Straying Cattle) Act 1967 Animal Welfare Act 2002 Perth Market Act 1926 Argentine Ant Act 1968* Plant Diseases Act 1914* Beekeepers Act 1963* Agricultural Society Act 1926 Biological Control Act 1986 Royal Agricultural Society Act Amendment Act 1929 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 Rural Business Development Corporation Act 2000 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Rates and Charges Act Seeds Act 1981* 2007 Soil and Land Conservation Act 1945 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Repeal and Stock (Identification and Movement) Act 1970* Consequential Provisions) Act 2007 Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968* Bulk Handling Act 1967 Tree Plantation Agreements Act 2003 Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993
Branch profile - The directorate supports sustainable economic development and growth in value through biosecurity surveillance and assurance; and industry innovation, consultation, planning and leadership. The focus is on developing partnerships across supply chains, achieving measurable productivity improvements, developing appropriate infrastructure, increasing market penetration and promoting excellence. Administered legislation The Minister for Agriculture and Food is responsible for the administration of a large number of related Acts. Responsibility for most of these is delegated to the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (the Western Australian Agriculture Authority): Aerial Spraying Control Act 1966 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Taxing) Act 1995 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Western Australia) Act 1995 Agricultural Produce (Chemical Residues) Act 1983* Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 Agricultural Products Act 1929* Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976* Animal Welfare Act 2002 Argentine Ant Act 1968* Beekeepers Act 1963* Biological Control Act 1986 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Rates and Charges Act 2007 Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 2007 Bulk Handling Act 1967 Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993 Fertilizers Act 1977* Gene Technology Act 2006 Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act 2003 Industrial Hemp Act 2004 Loans (Co-operative Companies) Act 2004 Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 Ord River Dam Catchment Area (Straying Cattle) Act 1967 Perth Market Act 1926 Plant Diseases Act 1914* Agricultural Society Act 1926 Royal Agricultural Society Act Amendment Act 1929 Rural Business Development Corporation Act 2000 Seeds Act 1981* Soil and Land Conservation Act 1945 Stock (Identification and Movement) Act 1970* Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968* Tree Plantation Agreements Act 2003
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