DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT
1975
No. 73 of 1975
An Act
to amend the Dried Fruits Export Charges Act
1924-1970 for purposes of Metric Conversion.
BE IT ENACTED by the
Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows: —
Short title and citation.
1.(1) This Act may
be cited as the Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1975.
(2) The
Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1924-1970 is in this Act
referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act,
as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1924-1975.
Commencement.
2. (1)
Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on
which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 3 shall come
into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Charge on export of dried fruits.
3.Section 3 of
the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the
words “the Commonwealth” and substituting the word “Australia”;
(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) the
words ‘‘three-tenths’’ and “pound” and substituting the words “seven-tenths”
and ‘‘kilogram’ respectively; and
(c) by
omitting from sub-section (3) the words “of the Commonwealth”.
Regulations.
4. Section 4 of
the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “the Commonwealth” and
substituting the word “Australia”.
Making of regulations.
5. At any time
after the commencement of this section and before the date fixed under
sub-section 2(2), regulations may be made under the Principal Act as amended by
this Act as if section 3 had come into operation, but regulations so made shall
not come into operation before that date.
Application of amendments.
6.