PRIMARY PRODUCE EXPORT CHARGES.
No. 9 of 1937.
An Act to amend the Primary Produce Export Charges Act 1935.
[Assented to 3rd July, 1937.]
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 and citation.
1.—(1.) This
Act may be cited as the Primary Produce
Export Charges Act 1937.
(2.) The Primary
Produce Export Charges Act 1935 is in this Act referred to as the Principal
Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Primary Produce Export
Charges Act 1935–1937.
Commencement.
2.This
Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Charge
on export of primary produce.
3. Section three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the
words “exported to the United Kingdom or to the continent of Europe” (wherever
occurring).
4. Section four of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
inserted in its stead:—
Exemption
from charges.
“4.—(1.) The Governor-General may, from time to time,
by order published in the Gazette, after
report to the Minister by any prescribed organization, exempt any kind of
primary produce to which this Act applies from the charges imposed by or under
this Act.
(2.) Any exemption under this section may be
unconditional, or subject to such conditions, and shall apply in respect of
such period (if any), as are specified in the order of exemption.
(3.) The Governor-General may, by order published
in the Gazette,