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Rice Marketing Act 1983
17Petition and proclamation for poll to add product or area to control of board
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#### 17 Petition and proclamation for poll to add product or area to control of board
17 Petition and proclamation for poll to add product or area to control of board
> Where the Minister—
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> > (a) is satisfied—
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> > > (i) on representations made by petition to the Minister by producers of a primary product within an area, that a substantial number of the producers of that product within that area desire that that product or that area or both should be added to the control of a specified board, and
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> > > (ii) that this Division authorises the addition, and
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> > (b) certifies to the Governor that the Minister is satisfied as to the matters mentioned in paragraph (a),
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> the Governor may, by proclamation, direct that a poll shall be taken of producers of that product within that area on the question whether that product or that area or both should be added to the control of that board.