STATUTORY RULES.
1929.
No. 139.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE WINE GRAPES CHARGES ACTS 1929.
WHEREAS
by section five of the Wine Grapes
Charges Acts 1929 it is enacted that the Governor-General may, after report
to the Minister by the Wine Overseas Marketing Board constituted under the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929, make
Regulations prescribing lower rates of the charge imposed on grapes intended
for use in the manufacture of wine:
And whereas the Board has reported
to the Minister that the rate of charge to be imposed on grapes intended for
use in the manufacture of wine should be at a lower rate than is provided in
the Wine Grapes Charges Acts 1929,
namely—
(a) three shillings per ton in respect of
fresh grapes; and
(b) nine shillings per ton in respect of
dried grapes,
delivered
to a winery or distillery for use in the manufacture of wine:
Now therefore I, the
Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Wine Grapes Charges Acts 1929,
to come into operation on and from the second day of January, One thousand nine
hundred and thirty.
Dated this
seventeenth day of December, 1929.
STONEHAVEN
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
PARKER
MOLONEY
Minister
of State for Markets and Transport.
Wine
Grapes Charges Regulations.
Short
title.
1. These Regulations may
be cited as the Wine Grapes Charges Regulations.
Definitions.
2. In these Regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears—
“the Act”
means the Wine Grapes Charges Acts 1929;
“the
Minister” means the Minister for Markets and Transport.
Charge
on grapes for wine making
3. The charge imposed and
to be levied upon and paid by the owner of any winery or distillery under
section three of the Act shall be—
(a) three shillings per ton in respect of
fresh grapes; and
(b) nine shillings per ton in respect of
dried grapes,
delivered
to a winery or distillery for use in the manufacture of wine.
Declaration
as to grapes delivered.
4. The owner of any winery
or distillery shall, within thirty days from the close of the period in respect
of which the statutory declaration is made, forward to the Secretary,
Department of Markets and Transport, a statutory declaration, in accordance with
Form A in the Schedule to these Regulations, setting out the quantity of fresh
grapes and dried grapes delivered to that winery or distillery during the
period commencing the second day of January, One thousand nine hundred and
thirty, and ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and
thirty, and thereafter during every period of twelve months ending the
thirtieth day of June, and stating the names and addresses of the growers by
whom such grapes were delivered.
Payment
of charge.
5. Any moneys payable
under section three of the Act shall be paid to the Collector of Public Moneys,
Department of Markets and Transport.
Failure
to furnish declaration.
6. Any owner of any winery
or distillery who fails to furnish the statutory declaration prescribed in
regulation four of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty:
Fifty pounds.
Form A.
THE SCHEDULE. Regulation. 4.
Commonwealth
of Australia.
Wine
Grapes Charges Acts 1920.
RETURN OF GRAPES
DELIVERED TO A WINERY OR DISTILLERY.
statutory
declaration.
(a) Here insert whether owner, part
owner, Managing Director, Chairman of Directors, Manager,Secretary
or other person appointed by the owner to furnish this declaration.
(b) Here insert name by which winery or distillery
is known including name of company if any.
(c) Here insert full address.
I, the (a).............................................................................................................................................
of (b)……………………………………………………………….....................winery.*/distillery
of (c)…………………………………………………....................................................................
do solemnly and sincerely declare that Fresh Grapes and Dried Grapes as set
out hereunder were delivered to the said winery /distillery*for processing for use in the
manufacture of wine during the period commencing (date)……………..................and
ending (date)…………...............
Names and addresses of
growers by whom grapes delivered to winery or distillery. | Tons. |
(a) Fresh grapes ......................................................................................... |
Total........................................................... |
(b) Dried grapes ......................................................................................... |
Total........................................................... |
* Strike out if inapplicable.
Under the provisions of section two of
the Wine Grapes Charges Acts 1929—
“dried grapes” means grapes containing
less than sixty per centum of moisture; and
“fresh grapes” means grapes containing not
less than sixty per centum of moisture.
(d) Signature of person making
declaration.
(e) Signature of Magistrate, Justice of
Peace, Commissioner for taking Affidavits, Commissioner for Declarations or
Notary Public before whom the declaration is made.
(f) Here insert title of person before
whom declaration is made.
And
I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1911 conscientiously believing the
statements contained therein to be true in every particular.
(d)........................................
Declared
at.............................the...........................day of................................,19…..
Before me,
(e) ........................................
(f)..........................................
Notes.—1. Any person
who wilfully makes a false statement in a Statutory Declaration is guilty of an
indictable offence, and is liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour,
for four years.
2.
A grower for the purposes of this return includes the owner of any winery or
distillery who grows grapes for use in the manufacture of wine in that winery
or distillery.
3.
Regulation six of the Wine Grapes Charges Regulations reads as follows:—
“6. Any owner of
any winery or distillery who fails to furnish the statutory declaration
prescribed in regulation four of these Regulations shall be guilty of an
offence.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.”
By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.