Wheat Industry Stabilization Act Amendment Act 1973 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

WHEAT INDUSTRY

STABILIZATION

No. 84 of 1973.

AN ACT to amend the Wheat Industry Stabilization

Act, 1968-1969.

[Assented to 21st December, 1973.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited at the Wheat and citation.

Industry Stabilization Act Amendment Act, 1973.

In this Act the Wheat Industry Stabilization Act, 1968-1969, is referred to as the principal Act.

(2)

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Wheat Industry Stabilization Act, 1968-1973.

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Commence-

This Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the date of the coming into operation of the Wheat Industry Stabilization Act 1973 of the Commonwealth.

ment. 2.

Section 6

amended. 3. Section 6 of the principal Act is amended

(a)	by substituting for the word "six" in line four of subsection (1), the word "seven"; and
(b)	by substituting for the word "four" in line four of subsection (2), the word "five".

Section 21AA

added. 4. The principal Act is amended by adding after

section 21 the following section-

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consumption	21AA. (1) The price at which, during the One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three, the Board shall sell wheat for use or consump- tion in Australia is the appropriate price ascertained in accordance with this section.
price of
wheat for	year commencing on the first day of December,
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(2) Subject to this section, the price per tonne in respect of a wholesale sale of bulk wheat of fair average quality free on rails at a port of export is the sum of the price that is the calculated price for the purposes of section 27AA of the Commonwealth Act and nine dollars and nineteen cents.

(3)

For the purpose of reimbursing the Board for costs of shipment of wheat to the State of Tasmania, the price applicable under subsection (2) of this section shall be increased by an amount of thirty-seven cents per tonne, or, if the Commonwealth Minister has made a determination or determinations under sub- section (4) of this section, by the amount applicable in accordance with the latest such determination.

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(4) If the Board, at any time, reports to the Commonwealth Minister that the amounts being received by the Board by reason of the operation of subsection (3) of this section, together with amounts being received under corresponding provisions of the Commonwealth Act and of the laws of the other States, are greater or less than the amounts required to meet the costs of shipment of wheat by the Board to the State of Tasmania, the Minister may determine that the amount per tonne to be added to the price in accordance with subsection (3) of this section shall be reduced or increased to such extent as he considers necessary.

(5)

The price in respect of a sale other than a sale specified in subsection (2) of this section is a price per tonne ascertained by adding to or deducting from the price per tonne applicable to sales so specified an amount that makes a proper allowance for the quality of the wheat, the conditions of sale and the place of delivery. .

Section 21A

5. Section 21A of the principal Act is amended amended.

(a)	by substituting for the passage "section 21" in line one of subsection (1), the passage "sections 21 and 21AA";
(b)	by substituting for the words "that section" in line seven of subsection (1), the passage "section 21 or 21AA of this Act"; and
(c)	by adding after the figures "21" in line nine of subsection (5), the passage "or subsection (3) of section 21AA".

Section 22

6. Section 22 of the principal Act is amended amended.

(a) by adding after the figures "21" in line five of subsection (1), the passage "or sub- sections (3) and (4) of section 21AA"; and

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(b) by substituting for the word "seventy- three" in line five of subsection (4), the word "seventy-four".

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sections	7. The principal Act is amended as set out in
amended.

the Schedule to this Act.

SCHEDULE. B. 7.

Provision amended. Amendment.

Section 12 (5) .... Delete "bushels" in line nine, substitute

"tonnes".

Delete "bushel" in line eleven, substi-

tute "tonne".

Delete "Five dollars per bushel" in lines fifteen and sixteen, substitute "Two hundred dollars per tonne".

Section 14 (1) .. Delete "bushels" in line seventeen, sub-

stitute "tonnes".

Delete "bushel" in line nineteen, substi-

tute "tonne".

Delete "Five dollars per bushel" in lines twenty-three and twenty-four, sub- stitute "Two hundred dollars per tonne".

Section 15 (2) (b) Delete "two and one-half cents per

bushel" in lines nine and ten, sub-

stitute "ninety-two cents per tonne".

Section 15 (2) (c) Delete "bushels" in line eight, substitute

"tonnes".

Section 15 (2) (d) Delete "bushel" in line five, substitute

"tonne".

Delete "bushels" in line nine, substitute

"tonnes".

Section 15 (7) Delete "bushel" in line one, substitute

"tonne".

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Provision amended. Amendment.

Section 21 (2) .... Delete "bushel" in line one, substitute

"tonne".

Delete "one dollar seventy cents" in line four, substitute "sixty-two dollars forty-six cents".

Section 21 (3) .... Delete "one dollar forty-five cents per bushel" in lines six and seven, sub- stitute "fifty-three dollars twenty- eight cents per tonne".

Section 21 (4) Delete "one cent per bushel" in line five, substitute "thirty-seven cents per tonne".

Section 21 (5) .... Delete "bushel" in line eleven, substi-

tute "tonne".

Section 21 (6) Delete "bushel" in line three and again in line four, substitute "tonne" in each case.

Section 21A (2) . Delete "bushel" in line four, substitute

"tonne".

Section 21A (3)	Delete "bushel" in line three and again in line five, substitute "tonne" in each case.
Section 21A (5)	Delete "bushel" in line five and again in line seven, substitute "tonne" in each case.