Tobacco, Drawback and Starch Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1910. No. 107.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE EXCISE ACT 1901.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Excise Act 1901 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this 27th day of October, One thousand nine hundred and ten.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

FRANK G. TUDOR,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

TOBACCO REGULATIONS.

Regulation No. 8 of the Regulations under the Excise Act 1901 (Statutory Rules 1905, No. 65) is hereby cancelled, and the following regulation is substituted therefor:—

Stalks, Refuse, Clippings, and Waste in Tobacco, Cigar, and Cigarette Factories.

Method of Destruction.

8. All stalks, refuse, clippings, and waste arising from the operations in any tobacco, cigar, or cigarette factory shall in the presence of an officer—

(a) be weighed; and

(b) either be destroyed by burning or be mixed, to the satisfaction of the officer, with manure, kerosene, or other matter approved by the Comptroller; or

(c)in the case of stalks intended for export, be destroyed by cutting into short lengths.

Where it is necessary for an officer to attend specially for the purpose of supervising the operations, the owner of the factory shall pay to the Collector the sum of 2s. per hour for the officer’s services.

 

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