Commerce (Imports) Regulations 1923 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 166.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1926.

I, THE GOVERNOR GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1926, to come into operation on and from the first day of March, 1927.

Dated the twenty-fourth day of November, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. E. PRATTEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendment of Commerce (Imports) Regulations 1923.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 37, as amended to this date).

1. Regulation 3 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting before the definition of “Clean” (in relation to agricultural seeds and maize) the following definition:—

“‘Bristle’ means the hair of swine”; and

(b) by inserting before the definition of “Infant’s food” the following definition:—

“‘Hair’ means the hair of animals other than swine”.

2. Regulation 6 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:—

“; and (g) Brushware”.

3. Regulation 8 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting the figures “14” and inserting in their stead the figures and letter “14a”.

C.17167.—Price 3d.

4. After regulation 14 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations the following heading and regulation are inserted:—

“Brushware.

“14a.—(1.) In the case of brushware, the trade description shall state the nature of the material or materials comprising the brush other than the handle or stock, e.g., ‘Bristle,’ ‘Hair,’ ‘Bone,’ ‘Fibre,’ ‘Bristle and Hair’.

(2.) Where brushware contains, apart from the handle or stock, more than one material, e.g., Bristle and Hair, the name of the preponderating material shall appear first in the trade description.”.

5. Before regulation 15 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations the following heading is inserted:—

“General”.

 

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