Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1929 (Cth)

 

CANNED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES.

 

No. 16 of 1929.

An Act to amend the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926.

[Assented to 25th March, 1929.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1929.

(2.) The Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1929.

Charge on export of canned fruits.

2. Section three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(3.) All moneys payable under this section in respect of any canned fruits shall be paid on or before the entry of those canned fruits for export to such officers in the respective States of the Commonwealth as are prescribed”.

3. After section three of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Exemption from charges.

“3a.—(1.) The Governor-General may, from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, after report to the Minister by the

 

Canned Fruits Control Board constituted under the Canned Fruits Export Control Act 1926, exempt any canned fruits from the charges imposed by this Act.

“(2.) Any exemption under this section may be unconditional, or may be in respect of such period (if any), and subject to such conditions, as are specified in the order of exemption.

“(3.) The Governor-General may, by order published in the Gazette, cancel any exemption made under this section of any canned fruits from the charges imposed by this Act, and thereupon those charges shall, from the date fixed by the order, become payable in respect of those canned fruits”.

4.Section four of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Regulations.

“4. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which are by this Act required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and, in particular, after report to the Minister by the Canned Fruits Control Board constituted under the Canned Fruits Export Control Act 1926