Statutory Rules
1976 No. 289
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNING-FRUIT
CHARGE ACT 1959.*
WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 9 (2) of the Canning-Fruit
Charge Act 1959 that, before making regulations under section 9 of that
Act, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with
respect to the rate of the charge imposed by that Act made to the Minister by
the Australian Canned Fruit Sales Promotion Committee constituted by the Canned
Fruit (Sales Promotions) Act 1959:
AND WHEREAS the Australian Canned
Fruit Sales Promotion Committee has recommended to the Minister that the rate
of the charge should be 70 cents per tonne of fruit:
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 the
recommendation with respect to the rate of the charge imposed by the Canning-Fruit
Charge Act 1959 made to the Minister by the Australian Canned Fruit Sales
Promotion Committee, hereby make the following Regulations under the Canning-Fruit
Charge Act 1959.
Dated this sixteenth day of
December, 1976.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
PHILLIP LYNCH
Treasurer.
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CANNING-FRUIT CHARGE REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Canning-Fruit Charge
Regulations.
Commencement.
2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation
on 1 December 1976.
Rate of charge.
3. For the purposes of section 7 of the Canning-Fruit Charge
Act 1959, the rate of the charge is 70 cents per tonne of fruit.
* Notified in the Australian
Government Gazette