An Act to amend the Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1924-1970 for purposes of Metric Conversion.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows: —

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1975.

(2) The Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1924-1970 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 Charges Act 1924-1975.

Commencement.

2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 3 shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Charge on export of dried fruits.

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “the Commonwealth” and substituting the word “Australia”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) the words ‘‘three-tenths’’ and “pound” and substituting the words “seven-tenths” and ‘‘kilogram’ respectively; and

Regulations.

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “the Commonwealth” and substituting the word “Australia”.

Making of regulations.

5. At any time after the commencement of this section and before the date fixed under sub-section 2(2), regulations may be made under the Principal Act as amended by this Act as if section 3 had come into operation, but regulations so made shall not come into operation before that date.

Application of amendments.

6. The amendments made by paragraph 3(b) do not apply in relation to dried fruits in respect of which entry for export is made before the date fixed under sub-section 2(2).