Customs By-laws (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Trade and Customs,

3rd December, 1901.

CUSTOMS BY-LAWS.

I, THE RIGHT HONORABLE CHARLES CAMERON   KINGSTON, the Minister of State for the Commonwealth of Australia administering the Department of Trade and Customs, hereby make the following by-laws, and direct that such by-laws shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 8th day of October, 1901.

Methylation of Cotton Seed Oil.

1. Imported cotton seed oil may be methylated in the manner provided by these by-laws.

2. The oil shall be mixed with the methylating substance in such proportions as the Collector shall direct, and in such manner as to render the oil unfit for use as a beverage or in food, and incapable of being converted to that use.

3. The methylating substance to be used shall be approved by the Collector, and the mixing shall be done in the presence and to the satisfaction of an officer.

Delivery of Rice for the Manufacture of Starch.

4. Imported rice may be delivered for the purpose of being used in the manufacture of starch, on the condition that the manufacture is carried on in a warehouse licensed under the Customs Act 1901.

Destruction of Tobacco for the Manufacture of Sheepwash.

5. Manufactured or leaf tobacco may be destroyed for the manufacture of sheepwash or other purposes in the manner provided by these by-laws.

6. The tobacco shall be pulverized and soaked in or mixed with vitriol, or some other substance approved by the Collector, so as to render it unfit for ordinary use.

7. The soaking or mixing of the tobacco shall be carried out in the presence and to the satisfaction of an officer.

General.

8. The provisions of section 53 of the Customs Regulations shall apply to all operations carried out pursuant to these by-laws.

C. C. KINGSTON,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.