Exports (Dried Fruits) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1980 No. 198

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 19051

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905.

Dated this eighth day of July 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry and for and on behalf of

the Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs

Amendments of the Exports (Dried Fruits) Regulations2

Schedule 1

 1. Schedule 1 to the Exports (Dried Fruits) Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph 4 the following paragraph:

• “4A.

  Subject to paragraph 5B and Schedule 4, the dried fruits shall be clean.”.

Schedule 4

 2. Schedule 4 to the Exports (Dried Fruits) Regulations is amended —

• (a)

  by omitting that part headed —

“DEFECTS — SULTANAS AND NATURAL SULTANAS”

 and substituting the following:

DEFECTS

PART I

SULTANAS AND NATURAL SULTANAS

 

First Column Defects	Second Column Seven Crown	Third Column Six Crown Five Crown Natural Fancy Quality, Natural Choice Quality	Fourth Column Four Crown Three Crown Natural Standard Quality	Fifth Column Two Crown One Crown
Pieces of stalk per 7.5 kg not exceeding 15 mm in length	1	1	1	1
Pieces of stalk per 7.5 kg exceeding 15 mm in length	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Cap stems, by number	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%
Immature and undeveloped berries, by number	0.5%	1%	2%	3%
Damaged berries, by number	0.5%	1%	2%	3%
Berries that have mould  exceeding 0.125 of the surface area of each berry, by number	0.5%	1%	1%	2%
Other visible foreign matter	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

• (b)

  by omitting —

   “DEFECTS — CURRANTS”

 and substituting —

 “PART II

 CURRANTS”;

• (c)

  by omitting —

   “DEFECTS — LEXIAS”

 and substituting —

 “PART III

 LEXIAS”;

• (d)

  by omitting —

   “DEFECTS — DRIED APRICOT HALVES AND SLABS AND DRIED NECTARINES”

 and substituting —

 “  PART IV

 DRIED APRICOT HALVES AND SLABS

 AND DRIED NECTARINES”;

• (e)

  by omitting —

   “DEFECTS — DRIED PEACHES UNPEELED”

 and substituting”

 “  PART V

 DRIED PEACHESUNPEELED”; and

• (f)

  by omitting —

   “DEFECTS — DRIED PEARS UNPEELED AND UNCORED”

 and substituting —

 “  PART VI

 DRIED PEARS UNPEELED AND UNCORED”.

Notes

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 July 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1938 No. 115 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1980 No. 126 and see also