Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1930. No. 117.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1924-1930.

I, THE person administering the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1930, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this third day of October, 1930.

SOMERS

Administering the Government of the

Commonwealth of Australia.

By His Excellency’s Command,

F. M. FORDE

Acting Minister of State for Markets.

 

Amendment of Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1924, No. 203, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 3 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from the definition of “'Officer” the words “and Migration”; and

(b) by omitting the definition of “The Minister.”

2. Regulation 5 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is omitted and the following Regulation inserted in its stead:—

List of voters to be prepared.

“5. The Returning Officer shall arrange for the preparation of a roll of growers in each of the States of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia entitled to vote at the election.”

3. Regulation 5a of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended by omitting from the Form of claim for enrolment the words “States of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia (or the roll of growers for the State of Western Australia, as the case may be)” and inserting in their stead the words “ State of ”.

4. Regulation 6 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1) The rolls for the States of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia shall be the rolls of growers to be used for the purpose of the election in the State to which these rolls respectively refer, and shall be certified by the Returning Officer or a Deputy Returning Officer, by writing under his hand, to be correct”.

 

5. Regulation 9 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is omitted and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Mode of nomination.

“9. A nomination shall be in accordance with the following form and shall be signed by not less than twenty persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated, and shall be lodged with the Returning Officer on or before the day fixed in that behalf by the Minister:—

Commonwealth of Australia.

Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1930.

Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations.

NOMINATION OF ONE GROWERS’ REPRESENTATIVE OR TWO GROWERS’ REPRESENTATIVES (AS THE CASE MAY BE) ON THE DRIED FRUITS CONTROL BOARD.

Note.—A nomination will not be valid unless received by the Returning, Officer on or before

the 19 .

To the Returning Officer—

We, the undersigned, being growers of fruits from which dried currants, dried sultanas or dried lexias are produced and entitled to vote at the election of one representative or two representatives (as the case may be) on the Dried Fruits Control Board, do hereby nominate the following person as a representative on the Board for the State of

Christian name or names in full of person nominated (in block letters)

.......................................................................................................................

Surname (in block letters).........................................................................

Place of living..........................................................................................

Occupation..............................................................................................

Signature of Nominator. Place of Living. Date of Signature. Witness to Signature.

I....................................... of............................................ consent

to the above nomination and to act if elected.

Signature of Candidate.......................................

Witness..............................................................

Address.............................................................

Date......................................................... 19....

N.B.—The candidate’s consent to the nomination may be on a separate paper and in any form, but if given on the nomination paper in the above form its sufficiency is not to be questioned.

A nomination shall be signed by not less than twenty growers entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated.

A grower shall only be entitled to vote at the election if his name is placed on the roll of growers pursuant to a claim for enrolment lodged by him with the Returning Officer on or before the date, viz………19………….., fixed in that behalf by the Minister.”.

 

6. Regulation 22 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended—

(а) by omitting the words “ States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia” (first occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “ State of Victoria”; and

(b) by omitting from the heading of the form of ballot-paper the words “Election of three representatives of growers for the States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia” and inserting in their stead the words “Election of two representatives of growers for the State of Victoria ”.

7. Regulation 23 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended:—

(а) by omitting the words “ Western Australia” (first occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “New South Wales, South Australia or Western Australia (as the case may be)”; and

(b) by omitting from the heading of the form of ballet-paper the words “Election of one representative of growers for the State of Western Australia ” and inserting in their stead the words “ Election of one representative of growers for the State of New South Wales, South Australia or Western Australia (as the case may be)”.

8. Regulation 26 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2).

9. Regulation 30 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia” and inserting in their stead the words “State of Victoria”;

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (3) the word “paragraphs” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “sub-paragraphs”;

(c) by omitting from that sub-paragraph the word “ sub-regulation” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “paragraph”;

(d) by omitting paragraph (4);

(e) by omitting from paragraph (9) the word “sub-regulation” and inserting in its stead the word “paragraph”;

(f) by omitting from sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (10) the words “ a second or any subsequent vacancy ” and inserting, in their stead the words “ the second vacancy”; and

(g) by omitting from that sub-paragraph the word “section” and inserting in its stead the word “ regulation”.

10. Regulation 31 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting, the words “Western, Australia” and inserting in their stead the words “New South Wales, South Australia or Western Australia (as the case may be)”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph, (5) the word “sub-regulation” and inserting in its stead the word “Paragraph”.

11. Regulation 33 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended by omitting the word “section” and inserting in its stead the word “regulation”.

12. Regulation 40 of the Dried Fruits Export Control (Election of Board) Regulations is amended by inserting a comma after the word “election” (first occurring).

 

13. Regulation 44 of the Dried Fruits Export, Control (Election of Board) Regulations: is amended—

(a) by omitting, from paragraph (iia) of sub-regulation (1) the words “a prescribed” and inserting in their stead the word “an”;

(b) by omitting, from, that paragraph the word “prescribed” (second occurring);

(c) by omitting, from sub-regulation (2) the word “section” and inserting in its stead the word “regulation”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) the word “section” and inserting in its stead the word “ regulation ”

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.