Commerce (Imports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 334 1

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Commerce (Imports) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905.

Dated 26 November 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

WARREN ERROL TRUSS

Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 March 1998.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Commerce (Imports) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 15B (Shoes)

3.1   Subregulations 15B (3) and (4):

Omit the subregulations, substitute:

 “(3) The trade description must be impressed or embossed on the shoe in clearly legible letters not less than 2.5 mm in height in one of the following positions:

• (a)

  on the waist of the outer sole of the shoe;

• (b)

  on the inside of the upper above the waist of the shoe;

• (c)

  on the heel seat or waist area of the sock lining or, if there is no sock lining, on the heel seat or waist area of the inner sole;

• (d)

  on the tongue of the shoe.

 “(4) However, if the material of the shoe does not reasonably allow the trade description to be impressed or embossed on it, the trade description must be:

• (a)

  impressed or embossed on a label of rubber, plastic, durable cloth or any other durable material; and

• (b)

  attached to the shoe by vulcanisation, adhesion or any other secure means.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 December 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1940 No. 280 as amended by 1949 No. 46; 1951 No. 154; 1952 No. 48; 1953 No. 54; 1954 Nos.73 and 104; 1955 Nos. 33 and 68; 1959 No. 74; 1963 No. 21; 1969 No. 200; 1973 Nos. 41 and 82; 1974 No. 136; 1976 No. 232; 1981 No. 226; 1989 No. 23; 1994 No. 103; 1997 No. 94.