Egg Export Charges Act 1973 (Cth)

Egg Export Charges Act 1973

No. 186 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Egg Export Charges Act 1947–1965.

[Assented to 14 December 1973]

[Date of commencement 11 January 1974]

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 Egg Export Charges Act 1973.

(2) The Egg Export Charges Act 1947–1965 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Egg Export Charges Act 1947–1973.

Charge on export of eggs.

2. Section 3 of the Principal. Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “the Commonwealth after a date to be fixed by Proclamation” and substituting the word “Australia”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) the words “to this Act”.

Regulations.

3.Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “the Commonwealth” and substituting the word “Australia”.

 

4.The Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following schedule. Schedule substituted:—

SCHEDULE Section 3

Kind of Eggs	Rate of Charge
Eggs in shell...........................................................................	12.5 cents per 30 dozen eggs
Liquid whole egg....................................................................	1.1 cents per kilogram
Liquid egg white.....................................................................	1.1 cents per kilogram
Liquid egg yolk......................................................................	1.1 cents per kilogram
Dried whole egg.....................................................................	3.3 cents per kilogram
Sugared dried egg...................................................................	2.2 cents per kilogram
Dried egg white......................................................................	6.6 cents per kilogram