Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Act 2019 (67 of 2019)

Schedule 1   Agricultural protection

Criminal Code Act 1995

1   Section 473.1 of the Criminal Code

Insert:

abattoir means a place where animals are slaughtered (whether or not for human consumption), but does not include a restaurant.

agricultural land means land in Australia that is used for a primary production business. For the purposes of this definition, it is immaterial:

(a) whether a part of the land is used for residential purposes; or

(b) whether a part of the land is used for a business that is not a primary production business.

Crown land means land that is the property of:

(a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

(b) a statutory authority;

but does not include land that is subject to a lease to a person other than:

(c) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

(d) a statutory authority.

forestry means:

(a) planting or tending trees in a plantation or forest that are intended to be felled; or

(b) felling trees in a plantation or forest.

meat by-product includes skin, hide, tallow, meat meal and inedible offal.

primary production business means any of the following:

(a) a business of grazing;

(b) a business of operating animal feedlots;

(c) a business of dairy farming;

(d) a business of farming animals for the purpose of producing meat or meat by-products;

(e) a business of poultry farming;

(f) a business of aquaculture;

(g) a business of bee-keeping;

(h) a business of operating an abattoir;

(i) a business of operating livestock sale yards;

(j) a business of operating a registered establishment (within the meaning of the Export Control Act 1982);

(k) a business of operating a fish processing facility;

(l) a business of growing fruit;

(m) a business of growing vegetables;

(n) a business of growing nuts;

(o) a business of growing crops;

(p) a business of viticulture;

(pa) a business of operating:

(i) a wood processing facility; or

(ii) a wood fibre processing facility;

(q) a business of forestry that is carried on on private land.

private land means land other than Crown land.

statutory authority means a body established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.