AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

EGG INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 13 of 1982

The Egg Industry Ordinance 1975 establishes controls on the production of eggs for commercial purposes in the Territory by licensing producers and allotting to them a portion of an overall hen quota for the Territory.

The Egg Industry Regulations require a licensee under the Ordinance to make certain records in relation to the hens and pullets kept by him, to keep those records for a period of 2 years, and to furnish copies of those records to the Egg Industry Officer under the Ordinance.