Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) | Hansard source

by leave—I move government amendments (1) to (5) on sheet QL133 and table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to our amendments:

(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 4 (after line 13), after paragraph (p) of the definition of primary production business, insert:

  (pa) a business of operating:

     (i) a wood processing facility; or

     (ii) a wood fibre processing facility;

(2) Schedule 1, item 2, page 5 (lines 11 and 12), omit the note.

(3) Schedule 1, item 2, page 5 (after line 12), after subsection 474.46(2), insert:

  (2A) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), the defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2), despite subsection 13.3(3).

(4) Schedule 1, item 2, page 6 (lines 9 and 10), omit the note.

(5) Schedule 1, item 2, page 6 (after line 10), after subsection 474.47(2), insert:

  (2A) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), the defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2), despite subsection 13.3(3).