AUSTRALIAN
APPLE AND PEAR CORPORATION AMENDMENT ACT 1976
No. 199 of 1976
An Act to amend the Australian Apple and Pear
Corporation Act 1973.
BE IT ENACTED
by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian Apple
and Pear Corporation Amendment Act 1976.
(2) The Australian Apple and
Pear Corporation Act 1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement.
2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 4 shall come into
operation on 1 January 1977.
Definitions.
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting in the definitions of “Apple and Pear Growers’ Association” and “Apple
and Pear Shippers’ Association”, after the words “known as the”, the word “Australian”.
Moneys
to be paid to Corporation.
4. (1) Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting from sub-section (1) the words “all moneys received by officers under
section 4 of the Apple and Pear Export Charges Act 1938-1973” and
substituting the words “all moneys, other than fines, received under the Apple
and Pear Levy Collection Act 1976 or under the Apple and Pear Export
Charge Collection Act 1976”.
(2) Notwithstanding the amendment
effected by sub-section (1), section 29 of the Principal Act as in force
immediately before the commencement of this section continues to apply to
moneys received by officers under section 4 of the Apple and Pear Export
Charges Act 1938.
Audit.
5. Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting from sub-section (3) the word “financial”.
Annual
report.
6. (1) Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting from sub-section (1) the words “each 30 June” and substituting the
words “each 31 December”.
(2) The first report and financial
statements under section 37 of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, shall
be submitted as soon as practicable after 31 December 1977, and shall relate to
the operations of the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation during the period
that commenced on 1 July 1976 and ends on 31 December 1977.