Dried Fruits
Levy Amendment Act 1984
No. 29 of 1984
An Act to amend
the Dried Fruits Levy Act 1971, and
for related purposes
[Assented to 18 May 1984]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as
follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Dried Fruits Levy Amendment Act 1984.
(2) The Dried Fruits Levy Act 19711 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation
3. (1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting the definition of “received for packing”; and
(b)
by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(2)
For the purposes of this Act, dried fruits shall be taken to have been received
for packing—
(a)
in the case of dried fruits that were produced from fresh fruits outside a
packing house—upon the dried fruits first entering a packing house from outside
the packing house; or
(b)
in the case of dried fruits that were produced from fresh fruits in a packing
house—as soon as the dried fruits were so produced.”.
(2) The amendments made by
sub-section (1) apply in relation to dried fruits of the season commencing on 1
January 1985 and each subsequent season.
Rate
of levy
4. (1) Section 6 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “One dollar” and substituting “$2.00”;
(b)
by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “Five dollars” and substituting “$10.00”;
(c)
by omitting from sub-section (2) “of a specified season”; and
(d)
by omitting from sub-section (3) all the words after “Committee” (first
occurring).
(2) Regulations in force
immediately before the commencement of this Act for the purposes of sub-section
6 (2) of the Principal Act, being regulations relating to the season that
commenced on 1 January 1983, continue in force as if made for the purposes of
sub-section 6 (2) of the Principal Act as amended by sub-section (1) of this
section and as if they related to any period commencing after that date, but
nothing in this sub-section precludes the repeal or amendment of those
regulations by regulations made under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.
NOTE
1. No. 19, 1971.
For previous amendments, see No. 72, 1975; and No. 80, 1982.