Wheat Industry Stabilization Act Amendment Act 1969 (Qld)

37 Qualislanbr ANNO OCTODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 9 of 1969 An Act to Amend the WheatIndustry StabilizationAct 1968 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 19TH NOVEMBER, 1969] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen' s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Wheat Industry Stabilization Act Amendment Act 1969. (2) The Wheat Industry Stabilization Act 1968 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Wheat IndustryStabilizationAct1968-1969.

38 Wheat Industry Stabilizution Act Amendment Act 1969, No. 9 2. Commencement . This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. 3. New s. 21A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 21 the following section:- " 21A. Price of wheat for use in Australia otherwise than for human consumption . (1) Notwithstanding section 21 of this Act, the Board may sell wheat for use in Australia otherwise than in the manufacture of substances for human consumption at such prices as the Board determines, being prices less than the prices that would be applicable under that section, but no such sale shall be made at a price less than the minimum price applicable in accordance with this section. (2) The minimum price in respect of a wholesale sale of bulk wheat of fair average quality free on rails at a port of export is the price per bushel for such a sale determined by the Board to correspond with a free on board price equal to the guaranteed price of wheat of the season that was current at the beginning of the year in which the sale is made. (3) The minimum price in respect of a sale other than a sale referred to in subsection (2) of this section is a price per bushel ascertained by adding to or deducting from the minimum price per bushel referred to in that subsection an amount that makes a proper allowance for the quality of the wheat, the conditions of sale and the place of delivery. (4) Where the Board sells wheat for use in Australia in the manufacture of substances for human consumption and the manufacture will result also in the production of substances for use for purposes other than human consumption, the Board may agree to allow the purchaser a rebate not exceeding the amount by which the price charged by the Board for the wheat could have been reduced in accordance with this section if the sale of so much of the wheat as is equal in weight to the weight of the substances produced, or to the estimated weight of the substances that will be produced, from the wheat for use for purposes other than human consumption had been a sale to which subsection (1) of this section applied. (5) In respect of every sale of wheat in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the Board shall credit to the account referred to in subsection (1) of section 22 of this Act an amount per bushel of wheat comprised in the sale equal to the amount that is, at the time of the sale, the amount per bushel by which prices are to be increased under subsection (4) of section 21 of this Act for the purpose of reimbursing the Board for costs of shipment

Wheat Industry Stabilization Act Amendment Act 1969, No. 9 39 of wheat to the State of Tasmania, and section 22 of this Act applies in relation to amounts so credited in like manner as it applies in relation to other moneys credited to that account. (6) In this section " year " means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of December.".