STATUTORY
RULES.
1946. No. 166.
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 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 twentieth day
of November, 1946.
HENRY
Governor-General.
By
His Royal Highness’s Command,
BEN.
COURTICE
Minister
of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendments
of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations.
Second Schedule.
1. The Second Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited
Exports) Regulations is amended by omitting item 6 and inserting in its stead
the following item:—
“6. | Wine (fortified and unfortified)
and potable spirits (including liqueurs) which the Minister declares to be of
such a quality that their exportation would be harmful to the reputation of
Australian wine and potable spirits in any country to which they were
exported.”.
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* Notified in
the Commonwealth Gazette on 21st
November, 1946.
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 149; and
1946, Nos. 10, 53, 90, 106, 126 and 138.
6427.—Price 3d.
Third
Schedule.
2. The Third Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited
Exports) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
items:—
“66 | Arsenicals, as specified
hereunder— Lead Arsenate; Arsenic Trioxide; Arsenic pentoxide; Sheep Dip Preparations containing
arsenic; Cattle Dip Preparations
containing arsenic; Weedicides of arsenical base; Calcium arsenate; Sodium arsenite; and Paris Green.
| The intending exporter
shall produce to the Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the
Department of Commerce and Agriculture.
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67 | Copper Sulphate..........................................
| The intending exporter
shall produce to the Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the
Department of Commerce and Agriculture.
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68 | Rotenone-bearing materials, as
specified hereunder— Derris root and its preparations; Barbasco root and its
preparations; Cubé root and its preparations; Lonchocarpus root and its
preparations; Rotenone Extracts (e.g. derris
oleo resin extract); and Sheep Dips containing rotenone
| The intending exporter
shall produce to the Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the
Department of Commerce and Agriculture
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69 | Nicotine materials, as specified
hereunder— Nicotine Alkaloid; Nicotine sulphate; Nicotine containing dusts; and Nicotine in any other form
| The intending exporter
shall produce to the Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the Department
of Commerce and Agriculture
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70 | Dichlordiphenyltrichlorethane
(D.D.T. and preparations based upon the para para isomer of this chemical)
| The intending exporter
shall produce to the Collector of Customs a covering approval issued by the Department
of Commerce and Agriculture”.
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Fourth Schedule.
3. The Fourth Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited
Exports) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting after item 6aa
the following item:—
“6ab.
Molasses.”; and
(b) by omitting item 10 and inserting in its stead the following item:—
“10.
| Sugar (plain, coloured
or flavoured) and syrups thereof.”.
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By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.