Statutory Rules 1983 No. 1751
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Dairy Produce Export Control (Licences) Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Dairy Produce Act 1924.
Dated 15 September 1983.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN KERIN
Minister of State for Primary Industry
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Principal regulations
1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Dairy Produce Export Control (Licences) Regulations.
Products prescribed as dairy products
2. Regulation 4a of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) “whole milk powder” after “sodium caseinate”.
Conditions and restrictions—general
3. Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:
“(2) A licensee shall not, otherwise than in circumstances permitted by the Arrangement, export dairy produce of a kind specified in Column 2 of an item in the following table unless the dairy produce is sold before export, or consigned for sale, at a price per tonne that is not less than the price, free on board, per tonne, expressed in United States dollars, specified in Column 3 of that item adjusted in accordance with the Arrangement:
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Item | Dairy produce | Minimum price per tonne in United States dollars |
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| $US |
1 | skimmed milk powder............ | 600 |
2 | whole milk powder.............. | 950 |
3 | buttermilk powder............... | 600 |
4 | anhydrous milk fat.............. | 1 440 |
5 | butter....................... | 1 200 |
6 | cheese....................... | 1 000 |
“(3) In this regulation—
(a) “Arrangement” means the International Dairy Arrangement done at Geneva on 12 April 1979, as in force at the commencement of this regulation; and
(b) “cheese” means cheese the fat content in dry matter, by weight, of which is equal to or more than 45 per cent and the dry matter content, by weight, of which is equal to or more than 50 per cent.
“(4) For the purpose of ascertaining the value in United States dollars of dairy produce for the purposes of this regulation, the price at which the dairy produce is sold or consigned for sale shall be converted into United States dollars at the rate of exchange determined by the Reserve Bank on the day on which the produce is sold or consigned for sale.”.
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 September 1983.
2. Statutory Rules 1955 No. 38 as amended by 1957 No. 50; 1958 No. 29; 1962 Nos. 11 and 16; 1965 No. 27; 1971 No. 109.