Commerce Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 295.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905

I,SIR ARTHUR LYULPH STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 to come into operation forthwith.

Provisional Regulations made under the said Act on the 17th day of November, 1915 (Statutory Rules 1915, No. 224), are hereby cancelled.

Dated this fourteenth day of November, 1917.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. JENSEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of the Commerce Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 347.)

Regulation 12 is amended by the addition to paragraph (d) thereof of the following:—

“(iii) in the case of cheese a variation between the marked and the actual weights respectively to the extent, as regards crates marked as containing 160 lbs. net, of four pounds; and as regards marked weights greater or less than 160 lbs., in like proportions, shall not be deemed to be a false trade description in respect of weight”.

Regulation 18 is amended by the deletion of the words: —

“In such cases the fees specified in Regulation 55 are not to be enforced”.

Regulation 55 is repealed and the following Regulation inserted in its stead: —

“55. (1) There shall be paid to the Collector in respect of all Butter and Cheese submitted for export, and of Live Stock submitted for slaughter and inspection for export, the following fees:—

Butter....................................................................................................... per box 1d.

Cheese....................................................... per crate containing 160 lbs. or under 1d.

C. 10158.—Price 3d.

If the net weight of cheese contained in a single crate is in excess of 160 lbs. by not more than six pounds, no fee shall be charged for such excess in weight. If the excess is more than six pounds an additional fee of one penny shall be charged.

Sheep, Lambs, and Goats..............................................................	per	head	1/2d
Cattle and Calves..........................................................................	per	head	6d.
Pigs..............................................................................................	per	head	6d.

“(2) No Butter, Cheese or Meat shall be permitted to be removed for home consumption from any appointed place, nor shall an export permit be issued therefor, until the fees in respect of such goods shall have been paid”.

 

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