Apple and Pear
Levy Amendment Act 1984
No. 28 of 1984
An Act to amend
the Apple and Pear Levy Act 1976
[Assented to 18 May 1984]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Apple and Pear Levy Amendment Act 1984.
(2) The Apple and Pear Levy Act 19761 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on 1 January 1985.
Interpretation
3. Section 4 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of “fruit
juice” and substituting the following definition:
“
‘fruit juice’ includes—
(a)
cider and perry; and
(b)
a beverage distilled from fruit;”.
Exemptions
4. Section 7of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after sub-section (3)the
following sub-section:
“(3a)
Levy is not payable in respect of pears sold by the grower for use, or used by
the grower, in the production of dried fruit.”.
NOTE
1. No. 195, 1976. For previous
amendments, see No. 146, 1981; and No. 19, 1982.