STATUTORY RULES.
1954. No. .
REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1953 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1950.*
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 1901-1953 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1950.
Dated this nineteenth day of February, 1954.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
For and on behalf of the Minister of State for Commerce and Agriculture and the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendment of the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations.†
First Schedule.
The First Schedule to the Exports (Fresh Fruit) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from the second column paragraph 4 of item 2 and insert in its stead the following paragraph :—
“ 4.—(1.) Apples described as ‘ Fancy ’ shall consist of sound, clean and fairly well formed mature apples of one size and one variety, free from broken skins and from disease.
“ (2.) Slight blemishes are permitted if the total number of blemished apples in a case does not exceed ten per centum of the total number of apples in the case and the total area covered by blemishes on a single apple does not exceed the area contained in a circle having a diameter of one quarter of an inch.
“ (3.) For the purposes of this paragraph, smooth and not unsightly russeting shall not be deemed to be a blemish if—
(a) in the case of apples of the Sturmer variety, not more than fifty per centum ;
(b) in the case of apples of the Granny Smith and Cleopatra varieties, not more than ten per centum ; or
(c) in the case of apples of other varieties, not more than twenty-five per centum,
of the surface of the apples is affected.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.
† Statutory Rules 1948, No. 102, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 107; 1950, No. 39; 1951, Nos. 132 and 146; 1952, No. 106; and 1953, No. 53.
417.—Price 3d. 9/28.1.1954.
“ (4.) In addition to russet referred to in the last preceding sub-paragraph, cracked stem-end russet that—
(a) has healed or callussed ;
(b) does not affect the keeping quality of the apples ; and
(c) does not extend on to the cheeks of the apple,
is permitted on the Cox’s Orange Pippin variety.”;
(b) by omitting from the second column paragraph 8 of item 3 and inserting in its stead the following paragraph :—
“8. At the time of loading the grapes into the export ship the temperature at the centre of each box of grapes shall be—
(a) if shipped without refrigeration, not more than 40 degrees Fahrenheit ; or
(b) if shipped with refrigeration, not more than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.” ;
(c) by omitting from paragraph 5 in the second column of item 7a the words “top, bottom, sides and ends” and inserting in their stead the words “ top, bottom and sides ” ;
(d) by inserting in the second column, after paragraph 10 of item 8, the following paragraph :—
“ 10a. The pears shall be placed in cool store as soon as possible after packing and shall not be shipped if their temperature is above 45 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of loading.” ; and
(e) by omitting from paragraph 3 in the second column of item 8a the figures “ 3½ ” and inserting in their stead the figure “ 4”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.