STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 11.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905.

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 Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of January, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. MASSY GREENE,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendment of the Commerce Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 347.)

Regulation 13 of the Commerce Regulations 1913 is amended by the addition of the following clause after clause (d):—

“(da) In the case of cheese the trade description shall include, in prominent and legible characters, the date of manufacture (except in instances where cheese manufactured on more than one date is packed in the same crate, when the words “mixed dates” must be shown) the letter “C” or “W,” as the case may be, to denote whether the cheese is coloured or white, and the number of the crate and the number of the vat.”

Regulation 23 is amended by the repeal of clause (1) and the insertion of the following clause:—

“(1) All butter and cheese (other than tinned butter or cheese) intended for export shall be sent to an appointed place and submitted for examination at least three clear working days before shipment.”

Regulation 29 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Cool Stores.

“29. When butter, cheese, or meat (except tinned butter, tinned cheese, or preserved meat) has been inspected and examined in accordance with these Regulations, it shall, within twelve hours

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after inspection and examination, be placed in a cool store, at an appointed place, at the following temperatures:—

Butter—not exceeding 20 degrees Fahrenheit;

Cheese—not exceeding 40 degrees nor below 33 degrees Fahrenheit;

Meat—not exceeding 20 degrees Fahrenheit;

and shall not be removed therefrom without the authority of an officer.

Regulation 37 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“37. (1) The officer shall not grade any impure butter or cheese.

(2) No cheese less than three weeks old shall be graded except with the approval of an officer authorized by the Comptroller-General for that purpose.”

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