Canned Fruits Levy Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 293

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNED FRUITS LEVY ACT 19791

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 10 (3) of the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979 that 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 by the Australian Canned Fruits Corporation under sub-section 10 (2) of that Act:

AND WHEREAS no recommendation has been made by the Australian Canned Fruits Corporation under that sub-section:

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

Dated this twentieth day of December 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry

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CANNED FRUITS LEVY REGULATIONS

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Canned Fruits Levy Regulations.

Commencement

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1980.

Prescribed rate of levy

3. For the purposes of sub-section 6 (1) of the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979 the prescribed rate of levy in respect of canned fruits contained in a container included in a class of containers specified in Column 1 of the Schedule is the rate specified in Column 2 of the Schedule opposite the reference to that class in Column 1.

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SCHEDULE Regulation 3

PRESCRIBED RATE OF LEVY

Column 1

Class of container

Column 2

Prescribed rate of levy

Where the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150 grams

0.625 cents per dozen containers

Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams but does not exceed 320 grams

1.250 cents per dozen containers

Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams but does not exceed 490 grams

2.5 cents per dozen containers

Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams but does not exceed 680 grams

3.75 cents per dozen containers

Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams

5 cents per dozen containers and, in addition, 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

 

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette