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Rice Marketing Act 1983
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#### 60 Delivery of commodity
60 Delivery of commodity
> > (1) The commodity vested in a board by section 56 (2) shall be delivered by the producers to the board, or an authorised agent or authorised buyer, at or within such times, at such places, and in such manner as the board may by public notice or in a particular case in writing direct, or as may be prescribed by regulation.
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> > (2) A producer who supplies, sells or delivers any of the commodity vested in the board by section 56 (2) to a person other than the board, or an authorised agent or authorised buyer, is guilty of an offence against this Act.
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> > (3) A person—
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> > > (a) who buys or receives any of the commodity that is supplied, sold or delivered in contravention of subsection (2), or
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> > > (b) who buys by wholesale any of the commodity at a price other than the price fixed in respect of the commodity by the board,
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> > is guilty of an offence against this Act.
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> > (4) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) (a), it is a defence if it is established that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to have ascertained, that the commodity was supplied, sold or delivered in contravention of subsection (2).
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> > (5) In proceedings for an offence arising under subsection (3) (b), it is a defence if it is established that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to have ascertained, that the price was not that fixed by the board.
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> > (6) In the event of an inconsistency, a regulation referred to in subsection (1) prevails over a notice or direction so referred to.