Commerce (Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 21.

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 Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of February, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,

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) of sub‑regulation (1), and inserting in its stead the following 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 stenciled 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); or

‘Blemished’—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):

C.1688.—Price 3d.

 

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).

Provided further that in the case of ‘Blemished’ apples the grade shall be set out in letters of not less than three‑quarters of an inch in height, if on printed paper labels, and not less than one and a half inches if stencilled on cases. Such marking or stencilling to be in red colour and the remainder of the marking or stencilling to be of a colour other than red.”

 

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.