Exports (Fish) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 38

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905*

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 sixteenth day of March 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs

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AMENDMENTS OF THE EXPORTS (FISH) REGULATIONS 

Repeal

1. Regulation 2 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations is repealed.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 3 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “ appointed analyst ” in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘ analyst ’ means a person who holds, or is to be deemed to hold, office as an analyst under sub-regulation 33a (1);”.

3. Regulation 33 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are substituted:

Prescribed goods

“ 33. Fish are prescribed goods for the purposes of section 5 of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 March 1978.

  Statutory Rules 1949, No. 54 as amended by Statutory Rules 1950, No. 38; 1951, Nos. 48 and 127; 1952, No. 105; 1954, No. 43; 1955, No. 51; 1956, Nos. 8, 44 and 121; 1959, No. 77; 1960, No. 37; 1963, No. 139; 1964, No. 105; 1965, No. 92; 1966, No. 48; 1967, No. 161; 1969, No. 32; 1970, No. 145; 1971, No. 105; 1972, No. 9; 1973, No. 13; 1975, No. 170; and 1977, No. 253.

 

Analysts

“ 33a. (1) The Minister may appoint to be analysts, for the purposes of these Regulations, persons who he is satisfied have the necessary qualifications.

“ (2) The person for the time being occupying, or performing the duties of—

(a) the office of Assistant Secretary in the Analytical Services Branch in the Department of Science; or

(b) an office in the Analytical Services Branch in the Department of Science the designation of which includes the word ‘ Science ’,

shall be deemed to have been appointed to be an analyst under sub-regulation (1).

“ (3) An analyst may analyse samples of fish that are taken by an officer under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905.”.

Certificate of analysis

4.