SUGAR AGREEMENT.
No.
52 of 1949.
An Act to
approve an Agreement amending the Agreement approved by the Sugar Agreement Act 1946 as amended by
the Agreement approved by the Sugar
Agreement Act 1947.
[Assented
to 28th October, 1949.]
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 Sugar
Agreement Act 1949.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
Approval
of agreement.
3.The agreement made between His Majesty’s Government of
the Commonwealth of Australia and His Majesty’s Government of the State of
Queensland (a copy of which agreement is set forth in the Schedule to this Act)
is approved.
Section
3. THE
SCHEDULE.
—
SUGAR
AGREEMENT 1946-1951.
2nd Supplementary Agreement.
Agreement
made this
fourteenth day of October One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine between the Right Honorable Joseph Benedict
Chifley Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia and herein
acting for andon behalf of and with intent to bind the Government of the
Commonwealth of Australia (hereinafter referred to as the Commonwealth
Government) and not so as to incur or come under any personal liability inrespect of these presents of the one
part andthe Honorable Edward Michael Hanlon Premier and Chief Secretary of the
State of Queensland and herein acting for and on behalf of and with intent to
bind the Government of the State of Queensland (hereinafter referred to as the
Queensland Government) and not so as to incur or come under any personal
liability in respect of these presents of the other part.
Whereas
by an
Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the principal Agreement) known as the
Sugar Agreement 1946-1951 a copy
of which Agreement is contained in the Schedule to the Sugar Agreement Act 1946
of the Commonwealth and made between the
Right Honorable Joseph Benedict Chifley Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia therein
acting for and on behalf of and with intent to bind the Commonwealth Government
of the one part and the Honorable
FrankArthur Cooper then Premier of the State of Queensland
therein acting for and on behalf of and with intent to bind the Queensland
Government of the other part it was agreed amongst other things that the
Queensland Government should during the period specified in the principal
Agreement make sugar and other sugar products available at the prices and upon
the terms and conditions specified in the principal Agreement.
The Schedule—continued.
And whereas
by an
Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the first supplementary Agreement) a copy
of which Agreement is contained in the Schedule to the Sugar Agreement Act 1947
of the Commonwealth and made between the
Right HonorableJoseph Benedict
Chifley Prime Minister
of the Commonwealth of Australia therein acting for and on behalf of and with
intent to bind the Commonwealth Government of the one part and the Honorable Edward Michael Hanlon Premier and Chief Secretary of the
State of Queensland therein acting for and on behalf of and with intent to bind
the Queensland Government of the other part it was agreed that the principal
Agreement should be varied in the manner and to the extent therein set forth
And whereas it has been agreed
between the Commonwealth Government and the Queensland Government that the
principal Agreement as varied by the first supplementary Agreement shall be
varied in the manner and to the extent hereinafter set forth
Nowtherefore it is
hereby agreed as
follows:—
Commencement.
1. (1) This Agreement shall have no force or effect
unless and until it is approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
(2) This Agreement shall come into operation on
the day that the same is so approved.
Prices
of Sugar
2. On and from the day on which this Agreement comes into operation
and for so long thereafter as the principal Agreement remains in force the
principal Agreement as varied by the first supplementary Agreement shall be
amended as follows:—
In
sub-clause (1) of Clause 5 of the principal Agreement as so varied all words
and figures from and including the words “Refined
Sugar of 1a Grade” to the
end of the sub-clause are deleted and the following words and figures are
inserted in lieu thereof.
Refined Sugar of 1a
Grade:
Price
for not less than half-ton lots for net cash—£41.9.4d. per ton.
Refined Sugar of 1xd Grade:
Price
to manufacturers for net cash—£40.12.9d. per ton.
Other Grades of Refined Sugar and Golden Syrup and
Treacle:
These
prices shall be fixed at amounts not exceeding the respective proportionate
values of such products compared with the above prices for refined sugar of 1a and 1xd
grades.
Mill-white Sugar of good colour and not less than 98
net titre. and
First Quality Mill Sugar of not less than 98 net titre—
Price
to manufacturers for definite orders at reasonable notice for net
cash—£35.13.0d. per ton.
Price
to other purchasers for not less than half-ton lots for definite orders at
reasonable notice for net cash—£36.7.6d. per ton.
In
witness whereof
the Prime
Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Premier and Chief Secretary
of the State of Queensland have for and on behalf of their respective
Governments hereunto set their hands the day and year first abovementioned.
Signed by the Right HonorableJoseph Benedict Chifley Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of
Australia for and on behalf of the Government of the said Commonwealth in the
presence of:
| J. B. CHIFLEY.
|
C.
W. CONRON.
|
(L.S.)
| Signed by the Honorable EdwardMichael Hanlon Premier and Chief Secretary of the
State of Queensland for and on behalf of the Government of the said State in
the presence of:
| E. M. HANLON.
|
D.
J. MUIR, J.P.
|