Commerce (Imports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1933. No. 107.

 

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

(Third Amendment.)

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 1905-1930.

Dated this twentieth day of September, 1933.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of Commerce (Imports) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 155, as amended to this date.)

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of February, 1934.

2. Regulation 6 of the Commerce (Imports) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the word “and” from sub-paragraph (h);

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) the words “and earthenware” and inserting in their stead the words “, earthenware and enamelled hollowware”;

(c) by adding after the word “drink” in sub-paragraph (i) the words “for man”-

(d) by adding at the end thereof the following paragraphs—

“(j) Cotton towels and towelling;

(k) Electrical appliances, apparatus and accessories (including electric incandescent lamps);

(l) Powder puffs; and

(m) Toys.”

3. Regulation 12 is amended by inserting at the end of sub-regulation (3.) the following paragraph:—

“(e) The name of the country or place in which the material was made or produced shall appear on the selvedge, in prominent and legible characters, at regular intervals of two yards or less throughout the length of the piece”.

4. After regulation 16 the following regulation is inserted:—

Electric lamps

 “16a. In the case of electric incandescent lamps of general lighting service types the trade description shall state the rated voltage and wattage.”

 

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