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

STATUTORY RULES.

1938. No. 38.

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REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1933.*

WHEREAS by section 112 of the Customs Act 1901-1936 it is provided that the Governor-General may, by regulation, prohibit the exportation of any goods—

(a) the exportation of which would, in his opinion, be harmful to the Commonwealth; or

(b) which have not been prepared or manufactured for export under the prescribed conditions as to purity, soundness, or freedom from disease, or which do not conform to the prescribed conditions as to purity, soundness, or freedom from disease:

And whereas it is provided by the said section that the said power of prohibition shall extend to authorize the prohibition of the exportation of the goods generally, or to any specified place, and either absolutely or so as to allow of the exportation of the goods subject to any condition or restriction:

And whereas it is provided by section 17 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1937 that the expression “the Governor-General” in any Act includes the person for the time being administering the Government of the Commonwealth, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council:

And whereas I am of opinion that the exportation of fresh fruit, except subject to the conditions and restrictions prescribed by the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations, as amended by the following Regulation, would be harmful to the Commonwealth:

Now therefore I, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1936 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1933.

Dated this fourth day of May, 1938.

HUNTINGFIELD

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Commerce and the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations. 

First Schedule.

The First Schedule to the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 5 (in the second column) of item 1 the figures “25 5/16” and inserting in their stead the figures “26 5/16”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1938.

  Statutory Rules 1938, No. 29.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

1894.—10/20.4.1938.—Price 3d.