STATUTORY RULES
1972 No.
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REGULATIONS
UNDER THE CANNED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1926-1966.*
WHEREAS by section 3 of
the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966 it is enacted that,
amongst other things, a charge is imposed and shall be levied and paid on all
canned fruits to which that Act applies which are exported from the
Commonwealth and the rate of charge in respect of any canned fruits is the rate
set out in the Schedule to that Act that applies to the canned fruits or such
lower prescribed rate, if any, as applies to the canned fruits:
AND WHEREAS by section 4
of the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966 it is enacted, amongst
other things, that the Governor-General may, after report to the Minister of
State for Primary Industry by the Australian Canned Fruits Board constituted
under the Canned Fruits Export Marketing Act 1963-1970, make regulations
for prescribing lower rates of the charge imposed on any kind of canned fruits
exported from the Commonwealth:
AND WHEREAS the
Australian Canned Fruits Board has reported to the Minister of State for Primary Industry that the rates of
charge in respect of canned fruits, other than canned pineapples, canned
tropical fruit salad and canned pineapple juice, exported from the Commonwealth
should be the rates set out in the Schedule to the Canned Fruits Export Charges
Regulations as amended by these Regulations, being lower rates than the rates set
out in the Schedule to the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966:
NOW THEREFORE I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966:
Dated this third
day of October, 1972.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Sgd. Ian Sinclair
Minister of State for
Primary Industry.
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Amendments
Of The Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations
Rates
of Charge.
1. Regulation 5 of the Canned Fruits
Export Charges Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1.),
before paragraph (b), the
following paragraph:—
“ (a)in respect of canned fruits, other than canned
pineapples, canned tropical fruit salad and canned pineapple juice—the rates
set out in Part I. of the Schedule to these Regulations; ”.
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Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
Statutory Rules 1957, No. 73, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966. Nos. 54 and
179; and 1970, No. 65.
18498/72—PRICE
5c 10/24.8.1972
The
Schedule.
2. The Schedule to the Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations is
amended by inserting before Part II. the following Part:—
Part
I
Rates of Charge in
respect of Canned Fruits other than canned pineapples, canned tropical fruit
salad and canned pineapple juice
Weight of pack | Rate of charge |
Where the weight of the pack does
not exceed 5 ounces….
| 0.25 cents per dozen containers |
Where the weight of the pack
exceeds 5 ounces but does not exceed 11 ounces
| 0.5 cents per dozen containers |
Where the weight of the pack
exceeds 11 ounces but does not exceed 17 ounces
| 1 cent per dozen containers |
Where the weight of the pack
exceeds 17 ounces but does not exceed 24 ounces
| 1.5 cents per dozen containers |
Where the weight of the pack
exceeds 24 ounces……… | 2 cents per dozen containers and,
in addition, 1.2 cents per dozen containers for each 16 ounces, or part of 16
ounces, by which the weight of the pack exceeds 31 ounces
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Application.
3. The rates of charge set out in Part
I. of the Schedule to the Canned Fruits Export
Charges Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply in respect of canned
fruits, other than canned pineapples, canned tropical fruit salad and canned pineapple
juice, exported from the Commonwealth on or after the first day of October,
1972.
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