Trade Practices (Primary Products Exemptions) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 154

REGULATION UNDER THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974-1975.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Trade Practices Act 1974-1975.

Dated this eighth day of August, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

KEP. ENDERBY

Attorney-General.

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Amendment of the Trade Practices (Primary Products Exemptions) Regulations

After regulation 14 of the Trade Practices (Primary Products Exemptions) Regulations the following regulation is added:—

Canned deciduous fruit.

“ 15. (1) In this regulation—

‘ Association ’ means the Australian Canners’ Association;

‘ Board ’ means the Australian Canned Fruits Board established by the Canned Fruits Export Marketing Act 1973;

‘ canner ’ means—

(a) Ardmona Fruit Products Co-operative Company Limited;

(b) The Cannery Board established by or under a law of the State of Queensland;

(c) Henry Jones Limited;

(d) Jon Preserving Co-operative Limited;

(e) Kyabram Preserving Company Ltd;

 

* Notified in the Australia Government Gazette on 12 August 1975.

  Statutory Rules 1975, No. 75, as amended by Statutory Rules 1975, No. 102.

(f) Letona Co-op Limited;

(g) Mountain Maid Foods Co-operative Ltd;

(h) Riverland Fruit Products Co-operative Limited;

(i) S.P.C. Limited; or

(j) Petersville Ltd;

‘ deciduous fruit ’ means—

(a) apricots, peaches or pears; or

(b) mixed fruit, being mixed fruit not less than 55 per cent of which consists of one or more of the fruits referred to in paragraph (a);

‘ Trustee ’ means The Union Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Limited.

“ (2) Section 45 of the Act shall not apply to or in relation to the conduct engaged in by the Association in declaring the prices at which, the terms and conditions upon which, and the quantities in which, canned deciduous fruit is to be supplied from time to time in Australia by canners.

“ (3) Section 45 of the Act shall not apply to or in relation to the conduct engaged in by the Board in making or giving effect to a contract or arrangement, or entering into or giving effect to an understanding, with the Association in relation to the quantity of canned deciduous fruit to be supplied from time to time in Australia by canners.

“ (4) Section 45 of the Act shall not apply to or in relation to the conduct engaged in by a canner in making or giving effect to a contract or arrangement, or entering into or giving effect to an understanding, with other canners and the Trustee in relation to the participation of canners in a scheme of equalization of returns to canners from the sale of canned deciduous fruit.

“ (5) Section 45 of the Act