Dried Vine Fruits Levy Amendment Act 1978 (Cth)

DRIED VINE FRUITS LEVY AMENDMENT ACT 1978

No. 136 of 1978

An Act to amend the Dried Vine Fruits Levy Act 1971.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Dried Vine Fruits Levy Amendment Act 1978.

 

(2) The Dried Vine Fruits Levy Act 1971 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.

Imposition of levy

3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) “received for packing during a season that commenced before 1 January 1978” after “sultanas”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) “and”; and

(c) by inserting after paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) the following paragraph:

“(ba) in relation to sultanas received for packing during the season that commenced on 1 January 1978 or during either of the next 2 succeeding seasons—50,000 tonnes; and”.

Formal amendments

4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS

Provision	Amendment
Paragraph 5(2)(a)..................................	Omit “eight thousand”, substitute “8,000”.
Paragraph 5(2)(b).................................	Omit “sixty thousand”, substitute “60,000”.
Paragraph 5(2)(c)..................................	Omit “six thousand”, substitute “6,000”.