STATUTORY
RULES.
1957. No. 73.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE CANNED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1926-1952.*
WHEREAS by section 3 of the Canned Fruits Export
Charges Act 1926-1952 it is
enacted, amongst other things, that a charge is imposed and shall be levied and
paid on all canned fruits which are exported from the Commonwealth and that,
subject to a lower rate being prescribed by the Regulations in respect of any
of the kinds of canned fruits to which that Act applies, the rate of charge
shall be one-fourth of a penny for each thirty ounces of canned fruits
exported:
And whereas by section 4 of the Canned
Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1952
it is enacted, amongst other things, that the Governor-General may, after
report to the Minister by the Australian Canned Fruits Board constituted under
the Canned Fruits Export Control Act 1926-1956,
make Regulations for prescribing lower rates of the charge imposed on any kind
of canned fruits exported from the Commonwealth:
And whereas the Board has reported
to the Minister that on and after the first day of January, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty-eight, the rate of charge should be One-sixth of a penny for
each thirty ounces of canned fruits (other than canned pineapple juice)
exported and the rate of charge should be Three-twenty-fourths of a penny for
each thirty ounces of canned pineapple juice exported:
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 1926-1952.
Dated this 5th
day of December ,
1957.
W.
J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) P A Mc BRIDE
Minister of State for Defence for and on
behalf of the Minister of State for Primary Industry.
Canned
Fruits Export Charges Regulations.
Citation.
1. These
Regulations may be cited as the Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations.
Commencement.
2. These
Regulation shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1958.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 12th December, 1957.
6971/57.—Price
3d. 10/25.11.1957.
Repeal.
3. The
Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1953, No.
9 and Statutory Rules 1954, No. 124) are repealed.
Definition.
4. In
these Regulations, “the Act” means the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1952.
Rates
of charge.
5. For the
purposes of the Act—
(a) the rate
of charge shall be One-sixth of a penny for each thirty ounces of canned fruits
(other than canned pineapple juice) exported; and
(b) the rate
of charge shall be Three-twenty-fourths of a penny for each thirty ounces of
canned pineapple juice exported.
Officer
to whom moneys to be paid.
6.For the purposes of sub-section
(3.) of section 3 of the Act, each officer holding, occupying or performing the
duties of an office designated in the first column of the following table is,
in respect of the State the name of which appears opposite to that designation
in the second column of that table, a prescribed officer:—
Designation of Office. | State. |
Collector of
Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry Sydney...........................................................................................
| New
South Wales |
Collector of
Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry Melbourne...........................................................................................
| Victoria |
Collector of
Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry Brisbane...........................................................................................
| Queensland |
Collector
of Customs, Port Adelaide ............................................................................................... | South
Australia |
Collector
of Customs, Fremantle............................................................................................... | Western
Australia |
Collector
of Customs, Hobart............................................................................................... | Tasmania |
By Authority: A. J. Arthur,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.