Primary Industry Activities Protection Act 1995
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(1) In this Act –
[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 24 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:23 Aug 2016] farm means an area of land that –
(a) is primarily being used for, or in connection with, primary industry; and
(b) is not Crown land, or land owned by the Forestry corporation, that is used for planting trees, establishing forests or growing or harvesting timber; and
(c) is being used, or being prepared for use, by the occupier of the land as a primary production business within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;
[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 24 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:23 Aug 2016] Forestry corporation has the same meaning as in the Forest Management Act 2013 ;
nuisance means a public or private nuisance actionable at common law;
primary industry includes the following:
(a) planting, growing or harvesting crops;
(b) breeding, rearing or managing livestock;
(c) agisting livestock;
(d) obtaining dairy, wool, eggs or other produce from livestock;
(e) obtaining juice, seeds or other produce from crops;
(f) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 24 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:23 Aug 2016] planting trees, establishing forests or growing or harvesting timber;
primary industry activity means an activity which –