{"id":"agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004","name":"Agricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004","slug":"agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173565,"registerId":"wa-agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nAgricultural Produce Commission Act 1988\n\nAgricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004\n\nWestern Australia\n\nAgricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used in these regulations 1\n\n4. Collection of charges 2\n\n5. Information to be furnished by owners 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 (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations are the *Agricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which the *Pig, Potato and Poultry Industries (Compensation Legislation) Repeal Act 2004* comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used in these regulations\n\nIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  abattoir means any premises or place used for, or in connection with, the slaughtering of pigs;\n\n  charge means a charge imposed on pork producers under section 14 of the Act;\n\n  owner means a person who owns an abattoir;\n\npig means a boar, sow, barrow or gilt;\n\n  pork producer means a person whose business is or includes the growing of pigs for the purpose of sale for slaughter and processing;\n\nsection 14 notice means notice of a charge.\n\n##### 4. Collection of charges\n\n(1) An owner must collect from a pork producer who sells pigs to the owner for slaughter the charge payable by that pork producer.\n\nPenalty: $2 000.\n\n(2) The charge may be collected by deducting the amount of the charge from the amount payable to the pork producer in respect of a sale referred to in subregulation (1).\n\n(3) An owner who collects a charge must pay the amount of the charge to the Commission within 14 days after the end of the month during which the charge was collected or within any longer period the Commission allows.\n\nPenalty: $2 000.\n\n##### 5. Information to be furnished by owners\n\n(1) An owner must, not later than 14 days after the end of each month during which the owner has purchased pigs for slaughter, furnish to the Commission a return in the form approved by the Commission showing all of those purchases.\n\nPenalty: $2 000.\n\n(2) An owner referred to in subregulation (1), if requested to do so by the Commission, must furnish to the Commission the names of the pork producers with whom the owner dealt, and the quantity of pigs sold by each of those producers, during the period to which the return relates.\n\nPenalty: $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 pork producer.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 13 of the Act the following information is prescribed statistical information —\n\n(a) the quantity of pigs grown for sale by a pork producer in a specified period;\n\n(b) the abattoirs at which pigs grown by a pork producer were slaughtered 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 (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004*. The following table contains information about those regulations.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Agricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004* | 7 Jan 2005 p. 54‑5 | 1 Feb 2005 (see r. 2 and *Gazette*  7 Jan 2005 p. 53) |\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\nabattoir 3\n\ncharge 3\n\nowner 3\n\npig 3\n\npork producer 3\n\nsection 14 notice 3\n\nspecified 6(1)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations appear to maintain their original narrow scope. They were made under the Agricultural Produce Commission Act 1988 specifically to implement a charge collection system for the pork industry, replacing earlier compensation legislation (as indicated by the commencement trigger referencing the repeal of the Pig, Potato and Poultry Industries (Compensation Legislation) Repeal Act 2004). The content remains focused solely on the mechanics of levy collection, reporting, and statistical gathering for the pork industry without expansion into broader agricultural policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (7 regulations plus definitions)","Only 7 defined terms in the interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to section 13 and 14 of the parent Act)","Simple conditional logic (basic time limits like '14 days after the end of the month')","No nested exceptions or complex provisos","Straightforward administrative structure with clear obligations and penalties"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set up a system for collecting money (called a \"charge\") from pig farmers in Western Australia to fund industry activities. The money is collected by abattoirs (places where pigs are slaughtered) on behalf of the Agricultural Produce Commission.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **Pork producers** — people who raise pigs to sell for slaughter\n*   **Abattoir owners** — people who run slaughterhouses that buy pigs from producers\n*   **The Agricultural Produce Commission** — the government body that manages the collected funds\n\n**How it works:**\n\n*   When a pork producer sells pigs to an abattoir, the abattoir owner must collect the charge from the producer\n*   The abattoir can simply deduct this amount from what they pay the farmer for the pigs\n*   Abattoir owners must pay this money to the Commission within 14 days after each month ends (or longer if the Commission agrees)\n*   Abattoir owners must also submit monthly returns to the Commission listing all pig purchases, and provide producer names and quantities if asked\n*   The Commission can require pork producers to provide statistics about how many pigs they raised and where they were slaughtered\n*   The Commission must publish notices about the charges in a statewide newspaper\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis creates a mandatory levy system for the pork industry. It ensures all producers contribute to industry-wide activities (like marketing, research, or biosecurity) through a centralized collection mechanism. The regulations include penalties of $2,000 for non-compliance, making this a legally enforceable funding mechanism rather than a voluntary scheme."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was retrievable. The page returned only a system error message indicating the URL is no longer valid following website infrastructure upgrades."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was available for analysis — the source URL returned a broken/404-style page rather than actual legal text","Cannot assess structure, cross-references, definitions, or operative provisions without the underlying document","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content is available for analysis.**\n\nThe page that was supposed to contain the *Agricultural Produce (Pork Production Industry) Regulations 2004* (a Western Australian law) is no longer accessible on the WA legislation website. The link has broken, likely due to website system upgrades.\n\n**What this means for you:** No substantive legal text could be retrieved, so it is not possible to explain what rules this law contains, who it affects, or how it might impact you. To find the actual regulations, you should:\n- Re-navigate via the menu on the Western Australian legislation website (legislation.wa.gov.au)\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk directly\n- Search for the document title on the WA legislation website's search function"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations implement procedural and reporting details under the Agricultural Produce Commission Act specifically for the pork industry (collection mechanics, prescribed statistics, returns, and publication). They do not expand or narrow the Act’s substantive charging power; they prescribe how charges are collected, reported and published (see r.4–r.7 and references to sections 13 and 14 of the Act)."},"complexity_factors":["Clearly defined, narrow duties for abattoir owners (collection, remittance, monthly returns) with fixed short deadlines (r.4(1)-(3); r.5(1))","Criminal penalties attached for non‑compliance (each $2,000 penalty stated in r.4 and r.5), adding compliance risk","Delegated administrative discretion to the Commission to approve return forms, specify statistical periods and require producer details (r.5(1)-(2); r.6(1)-(2))","Linkage to the Act’s sections for authority and scope (references to section 13 and section 14 of the Act in r.6 and r.7), requiring cross-reference to primary legislation","Simple publication requirement for section 14 notices in a statewide newspaper (r.7), creating a defined administrative step"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations require abattoir owners to collect a statutory charge from pork producers when pigs are sold for slaughter, remit collected amounts to the Agricultural Produce Commission within prescribed timeframes, and supply monthly returns and, on request, producer-level sale details. The Commission prescribes what statistical information is required and must publish notices of charges in a statewide newspaper. Who pays: pork producers; who acts: abattoir owners collect and remit; the Commission sets forms, periods and publication rules."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004","history":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/agricultural-produce-pork-production-industry-regulations-2004/documents"}}