Commerce (Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905.
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
Dated this fifth day of November, 1924.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
H. E. PRATTEN,
Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendment of Commerce (Exports) Regulations.
(Being Statutory Rules 1921, No. 207, as amended to this date.)
1.
Regulation 8 of the Commerce (Exports) Regulations 1921, is amended by omitting
paragraph (
“ (c )In the case of fresh fruit, being apples or pears, the trade description shall set out in letters or figures of not less than one-quarter of an inch in height if on printed paper labels, and not less than three-quarters of an inch if stencilled on cases—(i) the variety of the apples or pears contained in each case;
(ii) the grade and minimum size of the apples or pears contained in each case, viz.:—
‘Special’—not under 2¼ inches;
‘Standard’—not under 2¼ inches (or 2 inches in the case of varieties, which, in the opinion of the Collector, may be regarded as normally small);
‘Plain’—not under 2 inches (in the case of apples only); and
(iii) there shall also be set out on one end of the package in letters of not less than one-half inch in height the grower’s name (or registered brand), or in the case of a firm or corporation the firm or corporate name (or registered brand);
Provided that the trade description may state that the apples or pears are of a larger size than the minimum specified for the grade, but in that case there shall not be a variation of more than one-quarter of an inch in the actual size of the fruit (i.e., no fruit shall be more than one-eighth of an inch above or below the size stated).
By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Melbourne.
C.16915.—Price 3d.
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