Excise Regulations 1925 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1950. No. 16.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE EXCISE ACT 1901-1949.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Excise Act 1901-1949.

Dated this twenty-second day of March, 1950.

W. S. McKELL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendments of the Excise Regulations 1925.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1950.

2. Regulations 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 32a of the Excise Regulations 1925 are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

“ Stalks, Refuse, Clippings and Waste in Tobacco, Cigar, and Cigarette Factories.

Different Kinds of Refuse to be Kept Separate.

“ 28. The stalks, refuse, clippings and waste arising from the manufacture of imported leaf tobacco shall be kept separate from the stalks, refuse, clippings and waste arising from the manufacture of Australian-grown leaf, tobacco.

“ Method of Destruction.

“ 29.—(1.) A manufacturer who intends to destroy any stalks, refuse, clippings or waste arising from the manufacture of tobacco, cigarettes and cigars in a factory shall give to the Collector notice in writing of his intention and shall not begin the destruction of the stalks, refuse, clippings or waste until the expiration of forty-eight hours after the giving of that notice.

“ (2.) Stalks, refuse, clippings or waste arising from the manufacture of tobacco, cigarettes and cigars in a factory may be destroyed—

(a) by burning in the presence of an officer; or

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.

Statutory Rules 1925, No. 181 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Excise Regulations 1925 see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1948, No. 95 and see also Statutory Rules 1949, No. 96.

1301.—Price 3d. 9/17.3.1950.

 

(b) where the product is to be used for agricultural or horticultural purposes or for any other purpose approved by the Comptroller, by—

(i) reduction to a line powder so that not more than five per centum is retained on a number 18 mesh, British Standard Sieve, and the whole will pass through a number 10 mesh, British Standard Sieve;

(ii) spraying and mixing effectively with, phenyle emulsion prepared by dissolving three pounds of commercial phenyle and one ounce of a red coal-tar dye approved by the Comptroller in two gallons of water in the proportion of two gallons of dyed, emulsion for each, one hundred pounds of stalks, refuse, clippings and waste;

(iii) spraying with any other denaturant approved by the Comptroller; or

(iv) chemical treatment necessary for the complete extraction, of nicotine,

under the supervision of an officer.

“ (3.) All stalks, refuse, clippings or waste intended to be destroyed in accordance with this regulation shall be weighed in the presence of an officer.

“ Removal of Stalks, Refuse, Clippings and Waste from the Factory for Destruction.

“ 30.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, stalks, refuse, clippings and waste may be removed from a factory to a place approved by the Collector for destruction.

“ (2.) The Collector may, before approving of a place under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, require the owner of that place to give security that all stalks, refuse, clippings and waste intended for destruction will be received, stored and destroyed in that place in accordance with those Regulations.

“ (3.) The Collector may require the owner of a place so approved to, keep records showing the quantities of all stalks, refuse, clippings and waste received and destroyed.

“ (4.) The records shall be kept up to date and shall be available at all times for inspection by an officer.

“ Payment for Officer’s Services.

“ 31. Where, in the opinion of the Collector, it is necessary for an officer to attend specially for the purpose of supervising the destruction of stalks, refuse, clippings or waste, the manufacturer shall pay for the officer’s services at the rate of Three shillings per hour.

“ Destruction of Stalks, Refuse, Clippings or Waste arising from the Manufacture of Australian-grown Leaf Tobacco.

“ 32. Stalks, refuse, clippings or waste arising from the manufacture of Australian-grown loaf tobacco in any factory shall, when directed by the Collector, be destroyed in accordance with sub-regulations (2.) and. (3.) of regulation 29 and regulations 30 and 31 of these Regulations.”.

 

By Authority: L. F.