STATUTORY
RULES.
1954. No..
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REGULATIONS
UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1950.*
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 1905-1950.
Dated this fourth day
of June, 1954.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Trade and
Customs.
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Amendments of
the Commerce (Imports) Regulations.
Commencement.
1. These
Regulations shall come into operation upon the expiration of three months after
the date on which they are notified in the Gazette.
Definitions.
2.
Regulation 5 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting the
definition of “ clean ” (first occurring).
Articles
used for food or drink by man.
3.
Regulation 10 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting
paragraph (d)of
sub-regulation (2.).
Agricultural
seeds.
4.
Regulation 13 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting
sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation :—
“
(1.) In the case of agricultural seeds and maize, the trade description shall
include—
(a)the
name or names of the seeds; and
(b)unless
the Collector of Customs is satisfied that the seeds are not to be used for
planting, a statement of their condition as to newness.”.
Plants.
5.
Regulation 14 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting the
words “ and their condition as to freedom from, or affection by, any disease or
pest ”.
Restrictions
upon importation.
6.
Regulation 22 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is repealed.
Second
Schedule.
7. The Second Schedule to the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended
by omitting from the paragraph headed “ Lucerne Seed ”the words “
shall contain no foreign seeds or substances, and ”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth
Gazette on ,
1954.
Statutory Rules 1940, No. 280, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No.
46; 1951, No. 154; 1952, No. 48; and 1953, No. 54.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Printer, Canberra,
2972.—Price 3d. 9/27.4.1954.