DAIRY PRODUCE SALES PROMOTION ACT

1975

No. 83 of 1975

An Act to amend the Dairy Produce Sales Promotion Act 1958-1973.

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 Dairy Produce Sales Promotion Act 1975.

(2) The Dairy Produce Sales Promotion Act 1958-1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Dairy Produce Sales Promotion Act 1958-1975.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the date fixed by Proclamation under sub-section 2(2) of the Dairy Produce Act 1975.

Definitions.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the definition of “the Board” and substituting the following definition: —

“‘the Corporation’ means the Australian Dairy Corporation constituted under the Dairy Produce Act 1924-1975;

and

(b) by omitting from the definition of “the Secretary” the word “Primary Industry” and substituting the word “Agriculture”.

Dairy Produce Sales Promotion Fund.

4. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:—

“(2) The Sales Promotion Fund is vested in the Corporation.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) the words “paid into” and substituting the words “credited to”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) the words “of section six” and substituting the words “of section 6”;

(d) by omitting from sub-section (4) the words “payable into” an substituting the words “credited to”; and

(e) by omitting sub-section (5).

5. Sections 19 and 20 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following section substituted: —

Debiting of moneys to Dairy Produce Sales Promotion Fund.

“19. There shall be debited to the Sales Promotion Fund—

(a) expenditure by the Corporation for the purpose of the exercise of the powers, or the performance of the functions, of the Corporation under this Part;

(b) an amount equal to such part of any payment referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of section 24 of the Dairy Produce Act 1924-1975 as is determined by the Minister, on the recommendation of the Corporation, to be attributable to the exercise of the powers, or the performance of the functions, of the Corporation under this Part;

(c) the payment of fees and allowances payable to persons appointed by the Corporation under section 21; and

(d) expenditure for any purpose incidental to a purpose referred to in a preceding paragraph of this section.”.

Additional amendments.

6. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act.

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SCHEDULE Section 6

The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the word “Board” (wherever occurring) and substituting the word “Corporation”:—

Sections 17, 18(3), and 21(1) and (2).