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

STATUTORY RULES.

1957. No. 36.

REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1957 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1950.

Dated this  tenth

day of  July , 1957.

W. L. Slim

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) William McMahon

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. 

Third Schedule.

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

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

“Ribston Pippin ........................................... R.P..................... 2¼-2¾ .. ..”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Red Jonathan .............................................	RED JON.	2¼-2¾	80	50
Ribston Pippin .............................................	R.P.........................	2¼-2½	..	..”;

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2.) of paragraph 5 in the Second Column of item 1 all the words after the word “variety” (second occurring) and inserting in their stead the words—

“or—

(a) in the case of apples of the Alfriston, Ballarat, French Crab and Granny Smith varieties—the normal green, or green and flushed, colouration of apples of the particular variety; and

(b)in the case of apples of the Red Jonathan variety—the normal full blush of that variety.”;

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1957.

  Statutory Rules 1955, No. 61, as amended by Statutory Rules 1956, Nos. 20, 27 and 123.

3114/57.—Price 3d. 9/4.6.1957.

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

“1. The grapes shall—

(a) be sound, clean, of uniformly good colour for the variety, and firmly attached to the stalks;

(b)not be split, crushed, wet, soft, wilted, immature, shrivelled or scarred;

(c) be free from diseased, raisined or dried berries;

(d)in the case of the varieties Red Prince, Flame Tokay and Canon Hall, be not less than ¾ inch in diameter and, in the case of the varieties Bridal, Red Emperor, Ohanez and Black Malaga, be not less than 5/8 inch in diameter; and

(e)be in bunches of which at least 80 per centum in each box weigh not less than ½ lb. each and the remainder not less than ¼lb. each.”; and

(d)by omitting from sub-paragraph (2.) of paragraph 5 in the Second Column of item 2 the words “Postassium Metabisulphide” and “Sodium Bisulphide” and inserting in their stead the words “Potassium Metabisulphite” and. “Sodium Bisulphite”, respectively.

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