Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1923. No. 132.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1923

I, THE DEPUTY OF 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 1901-1923, to come into operation on the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

Dated this twenty-first day of September, 1923.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of the Customs Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 206, as amended by Statutory Rules 1922, Nos. 6 and 21, and Statutory Rules 1923, No. 59).

Regulation 154 I. of the Customs Regulations is repealed, and the following regulations inserted in its stead:—

“ Fruit (Fresh) .

Packing.

154. I. Apples or pears intended for export shall be packed in accordance with the following provisions:—

(a) The fruit shall be packed only in cases or trays of the following dimensions:—

Cases for Apples on Pears.

Description of Case.	Internal Measurements (Inches).
Australian bushel..............................................		18 × 14¼ × 8⅔
Canadian bushel................................................		20 × 10 × 11⅛
Flat bushel........................................................		26 × 14¼ × 6 (clear of divisions)
Canadian standard.............................................		18 × 10½ × 11½
Three-quarter flat bushel...................................		24 × 11¾ × 6 (clear of divisions)
Australian half bushel.......................................		18 × 8⅔ × 7⅛
Half flat bushel.................................................		26 × 7⅛ × 6 (clear of divisions).

Trays for Pears.

Internal Measurements (Inches).

18 × 3¼ × 14¼ or

18 × 2⅞ × 14¼ or

18 × 2½ × 14¼

 

Provided that those dimensions may show a variation to the extent of not more than 10 per centum (that is, 5 per centum under or 5 per centum above) on the total cubic capacity of the case.

(b) The fruit shall be packed in clean, new cases constructed of well-seasoned softwood or hardwood that has been smoothly sawn or dressed in an approved manner, and, in the opinion of the Collector, sufficiently strong to withstand such handling as is ordinarily incidental to transport to destinations beyond the Commonwealth.

Grade Standards.

154. Ia. Apples or pears intended for export shall comply with the following provisions:—

(a) The outer layers or shown surfaces of the apples or pears— whether described as ‘ Special ’, ‘Standard ’, or ‘Plain’— shall be a true indication of the average grade of the contents of the case.

(b) Apples or pears described as ‘Special’ shall consist of sound, clean, well-formed apples or pears of one size or one variety free from broken skins and from disease. Superficial blemishes caused by hallmarks, limb-rubs, and sprays shall not be allowed to a greater extent than 5 per centum (by number) of the total fruit in any case. The fruit shall not measure less than two and one-quarter inches in diameter, and shall be of good colour for the variety.

(c) Apples or pears described as ‘Standard’ shall consist of sound, clean, well-formed apples or pears of one size and one variety, free from broken skins and from serious blemishes, but fruit slightly blemished by rubbing, black-spot, fungus, or caterpillars may be exported, provided that—

(i) the proportion of such fruit does not exceed 10 per centum (by number) of the apples or pears in any case,

(ii) no one of the four blemishes mentioned is found on more than 5 per centum (by number) of the apples or pears in any case, and

(iii) the total area covered by such blemishes on any apple or pear does not exceed the area contained in a circle having a diameter of one-quarter of an inch.

Russeting of the surface shall not be deemed to be a blemish if the skin is unbroken. The fruit shall be not less than two and one-quarter inches in diameter, except in the case of varieties, which, in the opinion of the Collector, may be regarded as normally small, in which case the fruit shall be not less than two inches in diameter.

(d) Apples or pears described as ‘Plain’ shall consist of apples or pears of one variety and one size, free from broken skins, and not seriously blemished or injured by any

 

disease, but fruit slightly blemished by rubbing, black-spot, fungus or caterpillars may be exported provided that—

(i) the proportion of such fruit does not exceed thirty per centum (by number) of the apples or pears in any case,

(ii) no one of the four blemishes mentioned is found on more than ten per centum (by number) of the apples or pears in any case, and

(iii) the total area covered by such blemishes on any apple or pear does not exceed the area contained in a circle having a diameter of three-eighths of an inch.

Russeting of the surface shall not be deemed to be a blemish if the skin is unbroken. In the case of apples the diameter shall be not less than two inches.”

 

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C. 13598.—Price 3d.