Exports (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 252

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 twenty-seventh day of November 1979.

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

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AMENDMENTS OF THE EXPORTS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS2

Application

1. Regulation 5 of the Exports (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) “not exceeding three pounds” and substituting “the mass of which does not exceed 1.5 kilograms”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (c) “weight” and substituting “mass”;

(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (c) “four ounces” and substituting “125 grams”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (c) “one ounce” and substituting “50 grams”.

Requirements as to trade description

2. Regulation 10 of the Exports (General) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (1) “weight” and substituting “mass”.

Second Schedule

3. (1) The Second Schedule to the Exports (General) Regulations is amended as set out in the Schedule.

 

(2) In the Schedule—

(a) a reference by number to the name or description of goods shall be taken as a reference to the name or description of goods given that number in the first column of the Second Schedule;

(b) a reference to conditions and restrictions shall be taken as a reference to the conditions and restrictions in the second column of the Second Schedule; and

(c) a reference to provisions relating to trade descriptions shall be taken as a reference to the provisions in the third column of the Second Schedule.

(3) In respect of a reference by number to the name or description of goods referred to in column 1 of the Schedule—

(a) the conditions and restrictions applicable to those goods are amended as set out in column 2 opposite that reference; and

(b) the provisions relating to trade descriptions applicable to those goods are amended as set out in column 3 opposite that reference.

Third Schedule

4. The Third Schedule to the Exports (General) Regulations is amended by omitting from Form 1 “weight” and substituting “mass”.

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SCHEDULE Regulation 3

AMENDMENTS OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE EXPORTS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name or description of goods	Amendments of conditions and restrictions	Amendments of provisions relating to trade descriptions
1a...................	Omit from paragraph 3, “three-sixteenth of an inch round riddle”, substitute “a riddle being 5 millimetres in diameter”.	Omit from paragraph 3 “weight”, substitute “mass”.
Omit from paragraph 4 “weight”, substitute “mass”.	Omit from paragraph 4 “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from sub-paragraph 4 (a) “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from sub-paragraph 4 (b) “weight”, substitute “mass”.
2 (a)................	Omit from paragraph 5 “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from paragraph 8 “two grains of sulphur dioxide to the pint”, substitute “115 milligrams of sulphur dioxide to the litre”.	Omit “grains of preservative per pint”, substitute “milligrams of preservative per litre”.

 

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name or description of goods	Amendments of conditions and restrictions	Amendments of provisions relating to trade descriptions
2 (b).......................	Omit from paragraph 5 “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from paragraph 9 “two grains of sulphur dioxide to the pint”, substitute “115 milligrams of sulphur dioxide to the litre”.	Omit “grains of preservative per pint”, substitute “milligrams of preservative per litre”.
2 (c)........................	Omit from paragraph 5 “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from paragraph 9 “two grains of sulphur dioxide to the pint”, substitute “115 milligrams of sulphur dioxide to the litre”.	Omit “grains of preservative per pint”, substitute “milligrams of preservative per litre”.
2 (d).......................	Omit from paragraph 5 “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from paragraph 9 “two grains of sulphur dioxide to the pint”, substitute “115 milligrams of sulphur dioxide to the litre”.	Omit “grains of preservative per pint”, substitute “milligrams of preservative per litre”.
2 (e)........................	Omit “grains of preservative per pint”, substitute “milligrams of preservative per litre”.
3.............................	Omit paragraph 8, substitute the following paragraph: “8. If the outside containers are constructed of fibreboard, those containers shall conform to Australian Standard Specification No. 1991 of 1978 as adopted by the Standards Association of Australia.”.
4a...........................	Omit from paragraph 3 “one-quarter of an inch round riddle”, substitute “riddle being 6.5 millimetres in diameter”. Omit from paragraph 4 “weight”, substitute “mass”.
5.............................	Omit from sub-clause 6 (a) (i) “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from sub-clause 6 (a) (ii) “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from sub-paragraph 6 (b) “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit paragraph 9, substitute the following paragraph: “9. Where the immediate containers of pulps manufactured from berry fruits are made of tin plate, the whole of the inner surfaces of the container shall be lacquered in a manner approved by the Secretary.”. Omit from paragraph 10 “weight”, substitute “mass”. Omit from paragraph 10 “75 lb”, substitute “35 kilograms”.	Omit from paragraph 1 “one-quarter of an inch”, substitute “6 millimetres”. Omit from sub-paragraph 4 (a) “three-eighths of an inch”, substitute “10 millimetres”.

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name or description of goods	Amendments of conditions and restrictions	Amendments of provisions relating to trade descriptions
Omit paragraph 13, substitute the following paragraph: “13. If those cases are constructed of fibre board, they shall conform to Australian Standard Specification No. 1991 of 1978 as adopted by the Standards Association of Australia.”. Omit paragraphs 18 and 19, substitute the following paragraph: “18. Where fruit is packed in immediate containers made of tin plate, the mass of pulp in a container shall not exceed 15 kilograms and the mass of pulp in a case in which the containers are packed shall not exceed 30 kilograms, unless the fruit pulp is loaded into a shipping container and properly stowed to avoid damage.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1954 No. 1 as amended by Statutory Rules 1954 Nos. 42 and 91; 1955 No. 91; 1956 Nos. 7 and 120; 1960 Nos. 40 and 69; 1963 Nos. 29 and 142; 1964 No. 153; 1966 No. 51; 1969 Nos. 35 and 139; 1974 No. 229; 1977 No. 251; and 1978 No. 37.