STATUTORY RULES

1970 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1926-1966.*

WHEREAS by section 3 of the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966 it is enacted that, amongst other things, a charge is imposed and shall be levied and paid on all canned fruits to which that Act applies which are exported from the Commonwealth and the rate of charge in respect of any canned fruits is the rate set out in the Schedule to that Act that applies to the canned fruits or such lower prescribed rate, if any, as applies to the canned fruits:

And whereas by section 4 of the Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966 it is enacted, amongst other things, that the Governor-General may, after report to the Minister by the Australian Canned Fruits Board constituted under the Canned Fruits Export Marketing Act 1963-1966 make regulations for prescribing lower rates of the charge imposed on any kind of canned fruits exported from the Commonwealth:

And whereas the Australian Canned Fruits Board has reported to the Minister that the rates of charge in respect of canned fruits, other than canned pineapple, canned tropical fruit salad and canned pineapple juice, exported from the Commonwealth should be the rates set out in the Schedule to the Act:

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 Canned Fruits Export Charges Act 1926-1966.

Dated this twelfth day of May, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) J. D. ANTHONY

Minister of State for Primary Industry.

Amendments of the Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations†

Rates of charge.

1. Regulation 5 of the Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.).

The Schedule.

2. The Schedule to the Canned Fruits Export Charges Regulations is amended by omitting Part I.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1970.

† Statutory Rules 1957, No. 73, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 54 and 179.

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