BUTTER AGREEMENT.
No. 20 of
1920.
An Act relating to the Exportation of Butter
from the Commonwealth.
[Assented to 3rd September, 1920.]
Preamble.
WHEREAS an agreement (in this Act referred to
as “the said Agreement”) has been entered into for the sale to the Imperial
Government of the exportable surplus of the butter produced in Australia on or
after the first day of August, One thousand nine hundred and twenty and on or
before the thirty-first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-one:
And
whereas it is desirable that assistance be given towards the carrying out of
the said Agreement:
Be
it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1.This Act may be cited
as the Butter Agreement Act 1920.
Power to prohibit export of butter except on
certain terms.
2.The
Governor-General may by proclamation prohibit the exportation from the
Commonwealth of any butter produced in Australia on or after the first day of
August, One thousand nine hundred and twenty and on or before the thirty-first
day of March, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, unless the Minister for
Trade and Customs is satisfied that the butter is being exported by or with the
consent of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee constituted in
accordance with the regulations.
Application of provisions of Customs Act as to
prohibited exports.
3.Any
butter exported from the Commonwealth in contravention of any proclamation
issued in pursuance of the last preceding section shall be deemed to be a
prohibited export, and the provisions of the Customs Act 1901-1916 shall apply in relation to that butter in
like manner and to the same extent as if it were a prohibited export under that
Act.
Regulations.
4.