Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 269

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DRIED VINE FRUITS EQUALIZATION LEVY ACT 19781

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 8 (3) of the Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Act 1978 that the regulations may exempt from levy imposed by that Act dried fruit of a specified class:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 9 (2) of that Act that the Australian Dried Fruits Corporation constituted under the Australian Dried Fruits Corporation Act 1978 may make recommendations to the Minister with respect to regulations to be made for the purposes of section 8 of the Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Act 1978:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 9 (3) of the Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Act 1978 that before making regulations for the purposes of section 8 of that Act the Governor-General shall take into consideration any relevant recommendation made by the Australian Dried Fruits Corporation under sub-section 9 (2) of that Act:

AND WHEREAS the Australian Dried Fruits Corporation has made a recommendation to the Minister of State for Primary Industry with respect to the exemption of dried fruit from levy imposed by that Act:

NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after taking into consideration the recommendation made to the Minister by the Australian Dried Fruits Corporation, hereby make the following Regulations under the Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Act 1978.

Dated this twelfth day of December 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry

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DRIED VINE FRUITS EQUALIZATION LEVY REGULATIONS

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Regulations.

 

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Act 1978.

Dried fruit exempt from levy

3. For the purposes of sub-section 8 (3) of the Act, the following classes of dried fruit are exempt from levy imposed by sub-section 5 (1) of the Act:

(a) currants;

(b) sultanas; and

(c) raisins.

 

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette