Canned Fruits Levy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1980 No. 3931

 

Canned Fruits Levy Regulations2(Amendment)

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 10 (3) of the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979that the Governor-General shall, before making regulations for the purposes of section 6 or 8 of that Act, take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the Australian Canned Fruits Corporation under sub-section 10 (2) of that Act:

 

AND WHEREAS the Australian Canned Fruits Corporation has made recommendations to the Minister under that sub-section with respect to regulations to be made for the purposes of sub‑section 6 (1) of that Act:

 

NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after taking into consideration those recommendations, hereby make the following Regulations under the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979.

Dated 22 December 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry

Commencement

 1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1981.

Schedule

 2. The Schedule to the Canned Fruits Levy Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

ScheduleRegulation 3

PRESCRIBED RATE OF LEVY

Column 1	Column 2
Class of container	Prescribed rate of levy
Where the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150 grams	0.6875 cents per dozen containers
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams but does not exceed 320 grams	1.375 cents per dozen containers
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams but does not exceed 490 grams	2.75 cents per dozen containers
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams but does not exceed 680 grams	4.125 cents per dozen containers
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams	5.5 cents per dozen containers and, in addition, 3.3 cents per dozen containers for each 450 grams, or part of 450 grams, by which the gross weight of the container exceeds 900 grams

Notes

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1979 No. 293.