2010-2011

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Presented and read a first time

Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011

No.      , 2011

(Senator Xenophon)

A Bill for an Act to require constitutional corporations that are grocery retailers to display producer prices, and for related purposes

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Object.................................................................................................. 2

4............ Constitutional basis for Act................................................................. 2

5............ Application to external Territories....................................................... 3

6............ Relationship with State and Territory laws.......................................... 3

7............ Interpretation....................................................................................... 3

Part 2—Producer prices for produce                                                                         5

8............ Application.......................................................................................... 5

9............ Requirements on constitutional corporation to display and to publish producer prices for produce         5

10.......... Contravention of subsection 9(1), (2) or (3)....................................... 5

11.......... Subsections 9(1), (2) and (3) deemed to be infringement notice provisions             5

12.......... Enforcement........................................................................................ 6

13.......... Amount of penalty specified in infringement notice for contravention of subsection 9(1), (2) or (3)       6

Part 3—Miscellaneous                                                                                                          7

14.......... Regulations......................................................................................... 7

A Bill for an Act to require constitutional corporations that are grocery retailers to display producer prices, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts: