Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1959. No. 6.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1957 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1950*

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 CustomsAct 1901-1957 and the Commerce (TradeDescriptions) Act 1905-1950.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1959.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Primary Industry and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

Amendments of the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations. 

Interpretation.

1. Regulation 4 of the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definitions of “the Department” and “the Minister” and inserting in their stead the following definitions:—

“‘the Department’ means the Department of Primary Industry;

“‘the Minister’ means the Minister of State for Primary Industry;”.

False documents and failure to furnish documents.

2. Regulation 20 of the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-regulation (2.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(2a.) A person shall not fail to furnish a declaration under sub-regulation (3.) of the last preceding regulation.

Penalty: Twenty-five pounds.

“(2b.) In proceedings for an offence against the last preceding sub-regulation, a certificate signed by the Secretary certifying that fresh fruit was exported from a specified port by a specified person on a specified date of shipment and that a declaration in accordance with Form 5 has not been furnished to the Department within the time fixed by sub-regulation (3.) of the last preceding regulation is evidence of the matters certified.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “the last preceding sub-regulation” and inserting in their stead the words “sub-regulation (2.) or (2b.) of this regulation”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th January 1959.

 StatutoryRules 1955, No. 61, as amended by Statutory Rules 1956, Nos. 20, 27 and 123; 1957, No. 36; and 1958, No. 24.

172/59.—Price 3d. 9/15.1.1959.

Third Schedule.

3. The Third Schedule to the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-paragraph (2.) of paragraph 1 in the Second Column of item 1 and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

“(2.) Apples of the varieties Crofton, Dougherty, Jonathan, Scarlet and Yates of a diameter of 2⅛ inches or more but less than 2¼ inches may be exported to the United Kingdom—

(a) if they are of the grade ‘Extra Fancy’; and

(b) if each apple has the colour characteristic of the variety to an extent not less than that specified in Part I. of the table in this item in respect of the particular variety of apple of the grade ‘Extra Fancy’.”;

(b) by omitting from Part I. of the table in paragraph 1 in the Second Column of item 1 the words and figures—

“Crofton............................................................................ CROF......... 2⅛–2¾ 50 20”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Crofton......................................................................... CROF................................................................................... 2¼–2¾ 50 20”;

(c) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“Dougherty.................................................................... DHTY.................................................................................. 2⅛–2¾ 40 20”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Dougherty.................................................................... DHTY.................................................................................. 2¼–2¾ 40 20”;

(d) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“French Crab.................................................................. F.C....................................................................................... 2½–3 100 80”;

(e) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“Jonathan....................................................................... JON...................................................................................... 2⅛–2¾ 50 20”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Jonathan....................................................................... JON...................................................................................... 2¼–2¾ 50 20”;

(f) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“King Pippin.................................................................. K.P....................................................................................... 2⅛–2¾ 30 10”;

(g) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“McIntosh Red.......................................................................	Mc RED.......................................................................................	2¼–2¾	70	35
Nickajack.......................................................................	NJ........................................................................................	2¼–3	30	10”;

(h) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“Scarlet.......................................................................... S.P.M................................................................................... 2⅛–2¾ 50 20”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Scarlet.......................................................................... S.P.M................................................................................... 2¼–2¾ 50 20”;

(i) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures—

“Stayman....................................................................... STAY................................................................................... 2¼–2¾ 30 10”;

(j) by omitting from Part I. of that table the words and figures:—

“Yates............................................................................ YATES................................................................................. 2⅛–2¾ 50 20”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Yates............................................................................ YATES......................... 2¼–2¾ 50 20”;

(k) by omitting from Part III. of that table the words and figures—

“Alexander..................................................................... ALX..................................................................................... 2¼–3 30 10”;

(l) by inserting in Part III. of that table, after the words and figures—

“Gravenstein.................................................................. GRAV.................................................................................. 2¼–2¾ ............................................................................................ ......... ”,

the words and figures—

“King Pippin.................................................................. K.P....................................................................................... 2⅛–2¾ 30 10”;

(m) by omitting from Part III. of that table the words and figures—

“Pioneer.................................................... PIONEER 2¼–3 .... ......... ”;

(n) by omitting from Part III. of that table the words and figures—

“Rymer.......................................................	RYM.....	2¼–2¾	25	10
Spitzenberg.................................................	SPTZ.....	2¼–2¾	40	15”;

(o) by omitting from paragraph 5 in the Second Column of item 8 the words “two inches” and inserting in their stead the figures and word “2⅛ inches”;

(p) by omitting from paragraph 6 in the Second Column of item 8 the words “two inches” and inserting in their stead the figures and word “2⅛ inches”; and

(q) by inserting after paragraph 9 in the Second Column of item 8 the following paragraph:—

“9a. Pears less than two and three-eighths inches in diameter shall not be packed in trays.”.

Fourth Schedule.

4. The Fourth Schedule to the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations is amended by omitting from Forms 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the words “Department of Commerce and Agriculture” and inserting in their stead the words “Department of Primary Industry”.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.