Commerce Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 292.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice ofthe Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905, to come into operation, as regards Regulations 1 and 2, on and from the 1st March, 1917, and, as regards Regulation 3, immediately.

Dated this twenty-second day of November, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W.O. ARCHIBALD,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of the Commerce Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 347.)

1. Regulation 8 is amended by omitting paragraph (d)and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(d) In the case of—

fresh fruit;

dried fruit such as raisins, currants, prunes, figs, dates and apples (other than in airtight bottles, tins; or similar retail packages);

cereals, pulse and other seeds used for food by man, or used in the manufacture or preparation of articles used for food by man;

nuts, whole, ground or shelled;

vegetables, including onions, potatoes, corns, rhizomes, bulbs and tubers generally, used for food by man, are used in the manufacture or preparation of articles used for food by man; or

parts of plants partially treated in preparation for foodstuffs used byman, such as nutmegs, coffee beans, cocoa beans, pepper, pimento, hops,

the trade description shall set out their condition as to soundness and cleanness.

2. Regulation. 8 is amended by inserting in paragraph (m) after the word “newness,” the following proviso:—

“Provided that where the Collector of Customs is satisfied that the seeds are not to be used for planting the condition as to statement of newness need not be insisted upon.”

3. Regulation 15 is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “Second Grade” and inserting in their stead the words “Second Quality.”

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