STATUTORY RULES.
1947.
No..
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936.*
WHEREAS
by section 112 of the Customs Act 1901-1936
it is provided that the Governor-General may, by regulation, prohibit the
exportation of any goods the exportation of which would, in his opinion, be
harmful to the Commonwealth:
And
whereas it is provided by the said section that the said power of prohibition
shall extend to authorize the prohibition of the exportation of goods
generally, or to any specified place, and either absolutely or so as to allow
the exportation of the goods subject to any condition or restriction:
And
whereas I am of the opinion that the exportation of the goods, specified in
these Regulations, except as provided in these Regulations, would be harmful to
the Commonwealth:
Now
therefore, 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 Customs
Act 1901-1936.
Dated
this Twenty-fifth day of June, 1947.
W. J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
(SGD.) BEN COURTICE
Minister
of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendments of Customs (Prohibited
Exports) Regulations.
Second
Schedule.
1. The
Second Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations is amended by
omitting item 4.
Third
Schedule.
2. The Third Schedule to
the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following items:—
“92
| Caustic soda ..
| The intending exporter shall produce to the
Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the Department of Works
and Housing. |
93
| Jute, raw, and goods manufactured wholly or partly
from jute | The intending exporter shall produce to the
Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the Department of Supply
and Shipping. |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1947.
Statutory Rules 1935 No. 2, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 4, 103 and
115; 1936, Nos. 27, 87, 103 and 141; 1937, No. 73; 1938, Nos. 61, 65 and 86;
1939, No. 170; 1940, No. 30; 1941, No. 136; 1942, No. 479; 1945, Nos. 87 and
1949; 1946, Nos. 10, 53, 90, 106, 126, 138, 166, 178 and 179; and 1947, Nos.
11, 35 and 54.
2778.—Price 3d. 10/22.5.1947.
94 | Soda ash.......................
| The intending exporter shall produce to the
Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the Department of Works
and Housing.
|
95
| Tinplate and goods and containers (whether
containing goods or not) manufactured wholly or partly from tinplate
| The intending exporter— (a) where
the tinplate is in sheets, shall produce to the Collector of Customs a
covering approval issued by the Department of Supply and Shipping; and (b) where
the tinplate was manufactured in the United States of America, shall, if so requested
by the Collector of Customs, produce to the Collector a covering approval
issued by the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner.’’.
|
Fourth
Schedule.
3. The Fourth Schedule to the Customs
(Prohibited Exports) Regulations is amended by inserting after item 7a the following items:—
“7b
| Paper, printing, writing and wrapping and goods
manufactured wholly or partly from paper, except when exported with goods as
wrapping, packing or containers for the goods in accordance with the usual
commercial practice.
|
7c
| Paperboards and goods manufactured wholly or partly
from paperboards, except when exported with goods as wrapping, packing or
containers for the goods in accordance with the usual commercial practice.
|
7d
| Preventives of conception, whether medicinal or
otherwise, and any literature or advertising matter relating thereto.”.
|
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.