STATUTORY RULES.
1939. No. 170
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REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936.*
WHEREAS by section 112 of the Customs Act 1901-1936 it is provided that the Governor-General may, by regulation, prohibit the exportation of any goods the exportation of which would, in his opinion, be harmful to the Commonwealth:
And whereas I am of opinion that the exportation of fortified wine which the Minister of State for Trade and Customs declares to be of such a quality that its exportation would be harmful to the reputation of Australian wine in any country to which it was exported would be harmful to the Commonwealth:
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 Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1936.
Dated this sixth day of December, 1939.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
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Amendment of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations.†
The Second Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations is amended by omitting item 6 and inserting in its stead the following item:—
“6 Wine, fortified, which the Minister declares to be of such a quality that its exportation would be harmful to the reputation of Australian wine in any country to which it was exported.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1939.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 2. as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 4, 103 and 115; 1936, Nos. 27, 87, 103 and 141; 1937, No. 73; and 1938, Nos. 61, 65 and 86.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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