{"id":"agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006","name":"Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006","slug":"agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173559,"registerId":"wa-agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nAgricultural Produce Commission Act 1988\n\nAgricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006\n\nWestern Australia\n\nAgricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used in these regulations 1\n\n4. Egg producers to pay charges 2\n\n5. Information to be furnished 2\n\n6. Prescribed statistical information 2\n\n7. Publication of section 14 notices 3\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 4\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nAgricultural Produce Commission Act 1988\n\nAgricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations are the *Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on 1 April 2006.\n\n##### 3. Terms used in these regulations\n\nIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  charge means a charge imposed on a producer under the Act section 14;\n\n  chicken means a domestic chicken kept for the commercial production of eggs;\n\n  duck means a domestic duck kept for the commercial production of eggs;\n\n  Egg Producers’ Committee means the producers’ committee established under the Act section 11 for the egg production industry;\n\n  eggs means the eggs of chickens or ducks;\n\n  producer means a person whose business is, or involves, egg production;\n\n  quarter means the period of 3 months ending on 31 December, 31 March, 30 June or 30 September in any year;\n\n  sale includes barter or exchange.\n\n##### 4. Egg producers to pay charges\n\n(1) A producer who sells eggs produced in the business of the producer must pay a charge to the Commission within 14 days after the end of each quarter in which the producer sold the eggs.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $2 000.\n\n(2) The unpaid amount of the charge is a debt due to the State and is recoverable from the producer in a court of competent jurisdiction.\n\n##### 5. Information to be furnished\n\nA producer who sells eggs produced in the business of the producer must, not later than 14 days after the end of each quarter in which eggs were sold, furnish to the Commission a return in the form approved by the Commission showing all of the sales in that quarter.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $2 000.\n\n##### 6. Prescribed statistical information\n\n(1) In subregulation (2) —\n\n  specified means specified by the Commission in a notice served on a producer.\n\n(2) For the purposes of the Act section 13 the following information is prescribed statistical information —\n\n(a) the quantity of eggs produced in the business of the producer in a specified period;\n\n(b) the number of chickens or ducks owned by the producer in a specified period;\n\n(c) the names of the wholesale or retail outlets that sold eggs produced in the business of the producer to consumers in a specified period.\n\n##### 7. Publication of section 14 notices\n\nThe Commission must cause each section 14 notice to be published in a newspaper circulating generally in the State.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006*. The following table contains information about those regulations.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006* | 31 Mar 2006 p. 1154‑5 | 1 Apr 2006 (see r. 2) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\ncharge 3\n\nchicken 3\n\nduck 3\n\nEgg Producers’ Committee 3\n\neggs 3\n\nproducer 3\n\nquarter 3\n\nsale 3\n\nspecified 6(1)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: establishing a levy system and data collection mechanism for the egg production industry. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the core functions of charging, reporting, and publication."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 short regulations total","8 defined terms in a single interpretation section (regulation 3), all straightforward","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act (Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988)","Simple conditional logic: only one nested definition ('specified' in reg 6(1)) and one penalty provision per obligation","No exceptions, exemptions, or carve-outs","Linear structure with no schedules or appendices"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Western Australian law that sets up a system for collecting money and information from commercial egg farmers.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Requires anyone running a commercial egg production business (using chickens or ducks) to pay a **charge** (a fee or levy) to the Agricultural Produce Commission every three months\n- Forces these producers to submit quarterly returns showing their sales\n- Allows the Commission to demand specific statistical information from producers, such as:\n  - How many eggs they produced\n  - How many birds they own\n  - Which shops sold their eggs to customers\n- Requires the Commission to publish notices about these charges in newspapers\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Commercial egg producers in Western Australia (anyone whose business involves producing eggs from chickens or ducks)\n- The Agricultural Produce Commission (the government body collecting the money and data)\n- The Egg Producers' Committee (an industry body established under the main Act)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis law funds industry services and research by taking a cut from egg sales. It also gives the government detailed statistics about egg production, which helps with market monitoring and policy decisions. If producers don't pay up or report their sales, they face a $2,000 fine."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent, as the legislative text was not accessible. The page has been removed from the Western Australian legislation website, possibly due to a system migration, repeal, or restructuring of the relevant legislation."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source page returned a 'no longer available' error","Cannot assess complexity without the actual text of the regulations","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"## Agricultural Produce (Egg Production Industry) Regulations 2006 (WA)\n\n**The content of this legislation is unavailable.** The Western Australian government's legislation website no longer hosts this page, and the actual text of the regulations could not be retrieved.\n\n**What we do know:**\n- This is a **Western Australian regulation** (subordinate law made under a parent Act)\n- It relates to the **egg production industry** in WA\n- It was made in **2006**, so it may have been amended, repealed, or replaced since then\n- Regulations like this typically cover things like **egg grading, labelling, hygiene standards, producer licensing, or industry levies**\n\n**What you should do:** Visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) directly and search for this instrument to find the current, authoritative text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations implement and operationalise powers in the Agricultural Produce Commission Act for the egg production industry (payment and collection of charges, data collection and publication of notices). They do not broaden the statutory charging power in the Act or introduce novel regulatory tools beyond routine administrative rules (payment timetable, return form, specified statistical items, penalties, publication). There is no material evidence in the text that the regulations expand the scope of regulation beyond the Act’s original purpose of enabling industry charges and information gathering for the egg production sector."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: 7 substantive regulations (plus citation and commencement)","9 defined terms in the interpretation section (including 'specified')","Direct cross-references to three Act provisions (s.11, s.13, s.14 referenced in regs 3, 6 and 7)","A single conditional definition ('specified' information) created by Commission notice (reg 6(1))","Two fixed-penalty provisions ($2,000) and one civil recovery provision (unpaid charge is a State debt) (regs 4 and 5)","Administrative discretions limited to approval of form and specification of additional data by the Commission (regs 5 and 6)","No nested exceptions or multi-layered conditional logic — rules are largely binary (must pay, must return, must publish)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do (mechanically)\n\n- They require anyone whose business involves producing eggs (chickens or ducks) to pay an industry charge to the Agricultural Produce Commission (the Commission) for each quarter in which they sell eggs (reg 4(1)).\n- Producers must file a quarterly return, in a form approved by the Commission, showing all sales for that quarter (reg 5). Both the payment and the return are due within 14 days after the end of the quarter.\n- If a charge is unpaid it is a debt owing to the State and can be recovered through the courts (reg 4(2)).\n- The Commission may require additional statistical information by serving a notice; the regulations specifically prescribe that the Commission may collect the quantity of eggs produced, flock numbers (number of chickens or ducks owned) and the names of wholesale or retail outlets that sold the producer’s eggs in a specified period (reg 6).\n- The Commission must publish each notice about a section 14 charge in a newspaper that circulates generally in Western Australia (reg 7).\n- Penalties apply for breaches: a failure to pay a charge, or to furnish the required return, attracts a fine of $2,000 (regs 4(1) and 5).\n\nWho this affects\n\n- Primary effect: people or businesses whose business is (or involves) egg production — called \"producers\" in the regulations (reg 3).\n- Indirect effect: wholesale and retail outlets named in producer returns where the Commission requires that information (reg 6(2)(c)).\n\nWhy it matters (purpose claims and mechanical consequences)\n\n- The regulations implement the Commission’s powers under the Agricultural Produce Commission Act by setting the administrative rules for imposing and collecting industry charges and for gathering statistical data (see regs 4–6; cross-references to the Act at regs 6 and 7).\n- Mechanically, the rules create recurring cash flows from egg producers to the Commission (quarterly charges), record-keeping and reporting obligations for producers (quarterly returns, possible additional notices), and an enforcement route (debt recovery and fixed fines).\n\nCosts, incentives and trade-offs (what the rules make people do and pay)\n\n- Who pays: egg producers bear the direct cost of the statutory charge and the indirect costs of record-keeping and compliance (reg 4 and reg 5).\n- Who decides content and frequency of extra information: the Commission can specify additional statistical requirements by notice (reg 6(1) and 6(2)); the Commission also approves the form of returns and publishes section 14 notices (regs 5 and 7).\n- Behaviour changes encouraged: producers must track sales and flock numbers, prepare quarterly returns and pay charges on a fixed timetable; failure risks a $2,000 fine and civil debt recovery (regs 4–5).\n- Administrative burden: small producers face fixed compliance costs (time preparing returns, possible accounting), and potentially proportionally higher costs relative to revenue than larger producers.\n- Impact on private enterprise: the regulations do not directly regulate prices or production methods; they impose administrative and financial obligations that can affect cash flow and operating costs for egg producers.\n\nImplementation and discretion risks\n\n- The Commission holds discretion to specify additional statistical information and to approve the return form (regs 5 and 6). That discretion is focused on data collection rather than on setting who pays or the existence of charges (the power to impose charges is in the Act).\n- Publication of notices in a general-circulation newspaper is required (reg 7); this is an administrative cost the Commission must meet and provides public notice of charges.\n\nConcentrated benefits and diffuse costs\n\n- Concentrated costs: the direct financial and administrative burdens are concentrated on egg producers.\n- Potential concentrated benefit: the Commission (and those served by it) receives funding and industry data; the regulations do not specify how charges are spent (that is governed by the Act and Commission processes).\n\nKey legal mechanics to note\n\n- Time limits: payment and returns are due within 14 days after the quarter ends (regs 4(1), 5).\n- Penalty amounts are fixed in the regulations ($2,000) rather than left to discretionary fines (regs 4(1), 5).\n- Unpaid charges are treated as a State debt recoverable in court (reg 4(2)).\n\nRelevant sections cited: regs 3–7 (definitions, payment and return obligations, prescribed statistical information, and publication requirement)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006","history":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-egg-production-industry-regulations-2006/documents"}}