DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CONTROL.

No. 9 of 1953.

An Act to amend the Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1952.

[Assented to 28th March, 1953.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1953.

(2.) The Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1952 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1953.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

3. Section eight of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Fees, allowances and expenses.

“8.—(1.) Subject to this section, members of the Board and deputies of members shall be paid, in respect of attendance at meetings of the Board or while engaged (whether in Australia or overseas), with the approval of the Board, on business of the Board, such fees, allowances and expenses as the Governor-General determines.

“(2.) If a member or a deputy of a member is also a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State, he shall not be paid fees, allowances or expenses under the last preceding sub-section, but shall be reimbursed such expenses as he reasonably incurs by reason of his attendance at meetings of the Board or of his engagement (whether in Australia or overseas), with the approval of the Board, on business of the Board.”.

London Agency of Board.

4. Section eleven of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(4.) A member of the London Agency shall be paid such fees, allowances and expenses as the Minister, after a recommendation has been made by the Board, determines.”.

5. Section twelve of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Employment of staff.

“12.—(1.) Subject to this section, the Board may employ such persons as it thinks necessary to assist the Board in exercising its powers and performing its functions under this Act.

“(2.) The terms and conditions of employment of persons employed under this section shall be such as are determined by the Board with the approval of the Public Service Board.

“(3.) Where a person employed in pursuance of this section was, immediately before he became employed by the Board, an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, his service as a person employed by the Board shall, for the purpose of determining his existing and accruing rights, be taken into account as if it were service in the Public Service of the Commonwealth, and the Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928-1953 applies as if this Act and this section had been specified in the Schedule to that Act.”.

6. After section eighteen of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Operation of Customs Act and Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act not affected.

“18a. Nothing in this Act or the regulations affects the operation of the Customs Act 1901-1952 or of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1950, or of regulations made under either or both of those Acts.”.

Application of moneys paid into fund.

7. Section twenty-one of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) and inserting in their stead the following paragraph:—

“(b) In payment of the salaries, fees, allowances and expenses payable under sections eight, eleven and twelve of this Act;”.