Apple and Pear (Conditions of Export) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 222

REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN APPLE AND PEAR CORPORATION ACT 19731

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation Act 1973.

Dated this seventeenth day of October 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry

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AMENDMENTS OF THE APPLE AND PEAR (CONDITIONS OF EXPORT) REGULATIONS2

Interpretation

1. Regulation 2 of the Apple and Pear (Conditions of Export) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following definitions:

" 'port' includes 'airport';

'shipping facilities' includes facilities for loading an aircraft.".

Licences

2. Regulation 5 of the Apple and Pear (Conditions of Export) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (5) "Department of Agriculture" and substituting "Department of Primary Industry".

Prohibition against export of apples and pears except on compliance with conditions

3. Regulation 9 of the Apple and Pear (Conditions of Export) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (3) "or aircraft" after "ship" (wherever occurring).

4. After Regulation 15 of the Apple and Pear (Conditions of Export) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Application for review of decisions

"15a. An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the review of—

 

(a) a decision by the Minister under sub-regulation 5 (3) refusing an application for a licence;

(b) a decision by the Minister under sub-regulation 6 (3) revoking a licence;

(c) a decision by the Corporation under regulation 7 refusing to grant a permit for the export of apples or pears; and

(d) a decision by the Minister under regulation 15 suspending or cancelling a licence.".

Delegation

5.Regulation 17 of the Apple and Pear (Conditions of Export) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) "Department of Agriculture or the Department of Customs and Excise" and substituting "Department of Primary Industry or the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 October 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1974 No. 151 as amended by Statutory Rules 1975 Nos. 5 and 140.