STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 211.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1937.*

WHEREAS by section 4 of the Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924-1937 it is enacted that the Governor-General may, after report to the Minister by the Australian Dairy Produce Board constituted under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1924-1938, make regulations prescribing lower rates of the charges imposed on dairy produce exported from the Commonwealth:

And whereas the said Australian Dairy Produce Board has reported to the Minister that the rates of the charges to be imposed on dairy produce exported from the Commonwealth on and after the first day of August, 1941, should be at the rates prescribed by the regulations hereunder, being lower rates than the rates imposed by the Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924-1937:

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 Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924-1937.

Dated this Twenty Sixth

day of August, 1941.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Commerce.

Amendment of the Dairy Produce Export Charges Regulations.†

1. Regulation 3 of the Dairy Produce Export Charges Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Rates of charge on exported dairy produce.

“3. The charge imposed and to be levied and paid under section 3 of the Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924-1937 shall be imposed, levied and paid at the following rates:—

(a) the rate of the charge in respect of butter shall be one-fortieth of a penny for each pound of butter exported; and

(b) the rate of charge in respect of cheese shall be one-eightieth of a penny for each pound of cheese exported.”.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of August, 1941.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on     August, 1941.

† Statutory Rules 1937, No. 117, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 80 and 141; and 1940, No. 180.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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