Commerce (Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1923. No. 127.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905.

I, THE DEPUTY OF 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 on the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

Dated this twentieth day of September, 1923.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN.

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of the Commence (Exports) Regulations, 1921.

(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 207, as amended by Statutory Rules 1922, Nos. 7, 22, and 138, and Statutory Rules 1923, No. 58).

1. Regulation 7 of the Commerce (Exports) Regulations 1921 is amended by omitting paragraph (d), and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(d) The label or brand shall specify the net weight or quantity of the goods, except in the case of boots and shoes, plants, fresh fruit, and fresh vegetables.”

2. 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 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), or

“Plain”—not under 2 inches (in the case of apples only).

C. 13597.—Price 3d.

 

Provided that the trade description may state that the apples or pears are of a larger size than the minimum size 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).

The trade description shall also 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).

3. Regulation 9 of the Commerce (Exports) Regulations 1921 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Unsorted Fruit.

9. In the case of fresh fruit other than apples or pears, where the case is packed with fruits of various sizes in such a way as to deceive the buyer, e.g.,good quality on top and inferior below, the trade description shall include the word “unsorted.”

4. Regulation 40 of the Commerce (Exports) Regulations 1921 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“40. Any person committing a breach of these regulations for which no other penalty is provided shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds (£20).

5. Regulation 41 of the Commerce (Exports) Regulations 1921 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) thereof the word “Fruit” (first occurring) and inserted in its stead the words:—

“Fruit—
Fresh, being apples or pears, per bushel case (i,e., two half cases or three trays)	¼d.”

 

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