Commerce (General Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1933. No. 22

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1930 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1930.

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 Customs Act 1901-1930, and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1930, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this Sixteenth

 day of February, 1933.

(Sgd.) ISSAC A. IGAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Commerce and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of Commerce (General Exports) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 22, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 47 of the Commerce (General Exports) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) Subject to paragraph (d)of this regulation, the fruit shall be packed only in cases or trays of the dimensions specified in the following table for the various kinds of fruits:—

Descriptions of case or tray.

Inside measurements in inches (clear of divisions).

Kinds of fruits for which case or tray shall be used.

Length.

Depth.

Width.

Citrus......................................

24

11½

11½

Citrus fruits only

Citrus bushel.........................

20

10

11⅛

Citrus fruits only

Lemon....................................

25

10

13

Lemons only

Australian bushel .................

18

14¼

8⅔

Apples, pears, citrus fruits

Standard bushel....................

18

10½

11½

Apples, pears, citrus fruits

Australian half-bushel

18

7⅛

8⅔

Apples, pears, stone fruits

Pear.........................................

18

8½

11½

Pears only

Standard half-bushel

18

5¼

11½

Apples, stone fruits

Flat bushel.............................

26

14¼

6

Pears only

Standard half-bushel

18

4 to 5¼

11½

Grapes only

Flat three-quarter bushel

24

11¾

6

Grapes only

Flat half-bushel.....................

26

7⅛

6

Stone fruits only

Tray........................................

18

Any depth not exceeding 4 inches

14¼

All fruits

Tray........................................

18

Any depth not exceeding 4 inches

11½

All fruits

302.—Price 3d.

Provided that where—

(i) the dimensions of not less than 95 per cent. of the cases and trays included in any consignment of fruit are in accordance with the dimensions prescribed by this regulation; and

(ii) the dimensions of the remaining cases and trays included in the consignment are substantially in accordance with the dimensions prescribed and the cubic capacity of each of those cases or trays is not more than 5 per cent. greater or less than the cubic capacity of a corresponding case or tray having the prescribed dimensions,

the consignor shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this regulation in regard to the dimensions of all the cases and trays included in the consignment.

2. Regulation 48 of the Commerce (General Exports) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (d) the words “half an inch” and inserting in their stead the words “one-quarter of an inch”.

3. Regulation 104 of the Commerce (General Exports) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1.) the words “and pears intended for export” and inserting in their stead the words “or pears exported from the Commonwealth”; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (2.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph—

“(2.) All fees payable under this regulation shall be paid on or before the entry of the apples or pears for export.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.