Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00157:clause:1_16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00157
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 16 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 11457–14410

16  At the end of Division 43
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Subdivision 43‑B—Definitions of agriculture, fishing operations, forestry and related expressions

43‑15  Agriculture
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the expression agriculture means:
 (a) the cultivation of the soil; or
 (b) the cultivation or gathering in of crops; or
 (c) the rearing of *livestock; or
 (d) viticulture, *horticulture, pasturage or apiculture;
and includes:
 (e) a *livestock activity; and
 (f) an *agricultural soil/water activity; and
 (g) an *agricultural construction activity; and
 (h) an *agricultural waste activity; and
 (i) a *sundry agricultural activity.
 (2) The expression agriculture does not include:
 (a) *fishing operations or *forestry; or
 (b) an activity referred to in subsection (1) (other than hunting or trapping that is conducted for the purposes of a business, including the storage of any carcasses or skins obtained from the hunting or trapping) unless the activity is conducted for the purposes of, or for purposes that will directly benefit, a business conducted to obtain produce for sale.

43‑20  Livestock activity and livestock

Livestock activity
 (1) The expression livestock activity means:
 (a) the shearing or cutting of hair or fleece of *livestock, or the milking of livestock, on an *agricultural property; or
 (b) the transporting of livestock to an agricultural property:
 (i) for the purpose of rearing; or
 (ii) for the purpose of agistment; or
 (c) the return journey from a place referred to in paragraph (b) of the vehicles or equipment used in transporting the livestock, if that journey is for the purpose of:
 (i) a further transportation of livestock as mentioned in paragraph (b); or
 (ii) backloading raw materials or consumables for use in a *core agricultural activity; or
 (d) the mustering of livestock:
 (i) by a person who conducts a core agricultural activity; or
 (ii) by a person contracted by that person to conduct the mustering;
  on the agricultural property where the core agricultural activity is conducted.
Note: The agricultural activities referred to in paragraph (d) are given an expanded meaning by subsection 43‑45(2).

Livestock
 (2) The expression livestock includes any animal reared for the production of food, fibres, skins, fur or feathers, or for its use in the farming of land.

43‑25  Agricultural soil/water activity
  The expression agricultural soil/water activity means:
 (a) any activity conducted for the purpose of soil or water conservation:
 (i) by a person who conducts a *core agricultural activity; or
 (ii) by a person contracted by that person to conduct the first‑mentioned activity;
  on the *agricultural property where the core agricultural activity is conducted; or
 (b) searching for ground water solely for use in an *agricultural activity, or the construction or maintenance of facilities for the extraction of such water, solely for that use, if the searching, construction or maintenance: