PRIMARY
PRODUCE EXPORT CHARGES.
No. 69 of
1935.
An Act to impose Charges upon the Export of
certain Primary Produce.
[Assented
to 9th December, 1935.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Primary Produce Export Charges Act 1935.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Charge on
export of primary produce.
3.—(1.) Subject to a lower rate being prescribed by
the regulations in respect of any of the kinds of primary produce to which this
Act applies, a charge, at the rates in this section respectively specified, is
imposed and shall be levied and paid on the following primary produce exported
from the Commonwealth, namely:—
On eggs (in shell).....................
| Per
case containing not more than fifteen dozen eggs
| One
penny.
|
Per
case containing more than fifteen dozen eggs
| Twopence.
|
On
fresh apples exported to the United Kingdom or to the continent of Europe
| Per
case, two half-cases, or three trays
| Three-eighths
of One penny.
|
On
fresh pears exported to the United Kingdom or to the continent of Europe
| Per
case, two half-cases, or three trays
| Three-eighths
of One penny.
|
(2.) All moneys payable under this section in
respect of any primary produce shall be paid, on or before the entry of the
primary produce for export, to such officers as are prescribed.
Power to
terminate charge on particular primary produce.
4.After report to the Minister by any prescribed organization that it is
undesirable that the charge imposed by this Act upon the export of any kind of
primary produce should continue to be collected, the Governor-General may, if
he thinks fit, by Proclamation declare that, from a date to be specified in the
Proclamation, the charge imposed by this Act upon the export of that kind of
primary produce shall cease to be imposed, levied and paid, and thereupon the
charge so imposed shall cease to be imposed, levied and paid, from the date so
specified.
Regulations.
5.