STATUTORY RULES
1969 No.
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REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1968 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1966.*
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 1901-1968 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1966.
Dated this second day of September, 1969.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
(SGD.) J. D. ANTHONY
Minister of State for Primary Industry and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Customs and Excise.
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Amendment of the Exports (Fresh Vegetables) Regulations†
First Schedule—Item 8.
The First Schedule to the Exports (Fresh Vegetables) Regulations is amended by omitting item 8 and inserting in its stead the following item;—
“8. Potatoes .. | 1.—(1.) The potatoes shall be— | 1.—(1.) The trade description shall include the words ‘Number 1 Grade Small’, ‘Number 1 Grade’ or ‘Number 1 Grade Commercial’, whichever is applicable. |
| (a) similar in colour, shape and general appearance; |
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| (b) bright, firm, dry, mature and well shaped; |
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| (c) free from wet and soft rots and other diseases; |
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| (2.) The requirements of the last preceding sub-paragraph shall be deemed to be complied with if the abbreviation ‘No.’ is used in lieu of the word ‘Number’ in the trade description.”. |
| (d) free from injury, shrivelling, greening, growth cracks, sprouting and second growth and not dumb-bell shaped or excessively elongated; and |
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| (e) reasonably free from adhering soil and other foreign matter, |
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| (2.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-paragraph ‘mature’ means that the skin does not loosen or feather readily during ordinary methods of handling. |
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| 2. The potatoes shall be packed— |
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| (a) in crates; or |
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| (b) in special circumstances and with the permission of the Secretary—in bags. |
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| 3. The potatoes shall be of one of the following sizes:— |
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| ‘Number I Grade Small’—not less than one ounce and not more than three ounces in weight; |
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| ‘Number 1 Grade’—more than three ounces and not more than sixteen ounces in weight. |
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| 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3, potatoes shipped to New Zealand in a container marked ‘Number 1 Grade Commercial’ or ‘No. J Grade Commercial’ may be ungraded for size if they are not less than two ounces in weight and not more than sixteen ounces in weight. |
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1969.
† Statutory Rules 1950, No. 53, as amended by Statutory Rules 1951, No. 128; 1952, No, 110; 1954, Nos. 10 and 48; 1955, No. 13; 1956, Nos. 11 and 122; 1957, No. 32; 1959, No. 12; 1960, No. 39; 1963, No, 141; and 1966, No. 50.
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