STATUTORY RULES.

1939. No. 140.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1933.*

WHEREAS by section 112 of the Customs Act 1901-1936 it is provided that the Governor-General may, by regulation, prohibit the exportation of any goods—

(a) the exportation of which would, in his opinion, be harmful to the Commonwealth; or

(b) which have not been prepared or manufactured for export under the prescribed conditions as to purity, soundness, or freedom from disease, or which do not conform to the prescribed conditions as to purity, soundness, or freedom from disease:

And whereas it is provided by the said section that the said power of prohibition shall extend to authorize the prohibition of the exportation of goods generally, or to any specified place, and either absolutely or so as to allow of the exportation of the goods subject to any condition or restriction:

And whereas I am of opinion that the exportation of dairy produce, except subject to the conditions and restrictions prescribed by the Exports (Dairy Produce) Regulations, as amended by the following Regulations, would be harmful to the Commonwealth:

Now, therefore 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 Customs Act 1901-1936 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1933.

Dated this Eighth day of November , 1939.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Commerce and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendments of the Exports (Dairy Produce) Regulations.†

Definitions.

1. Regulation 5 of the Exports (Dairy Produce) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “cheese” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“ ‘cheese’ means the substance obtained by coagulating milk with rennet or any suitable enzyme or acid and submitting it to subsequent treatment appropriate to the type of product desired;”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1939.

† Statutory Rules 1938, No. 56, as amended by Statutory Rules 1938, No. 108; and 1939, No. 10.

5169.—8/23.10.1939.—Price 3d.

Fees for certificate of analysis.

2. Regulation 30 of the Exports (Dairy Produce) Regulations is amended by omitting from the scale of fees in sub-regulation (2.) the words “Any other analysis” and inserting in their stead the words “Complete analysis”.

Second Schedule, Item 3.

3. Item 3 in the Second Schedule to the Exports (Dairy Produce) Regulations is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of paragraph 6 (in the second column) the following words:—

“It shall not have been manufactured from milk from which any milk fat has been removed or to which any milk solids have been added.”;

(b) by omitting paragraph 8 (in the second column); and

(c) by omitting paragraph 2 (in the third column).

Second Schedule, item 9.

4. Item 9 in the Second Schedule to the Exports (Dairy Produce) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 (in the second column) the words “or which causes the colour of the finished product to resemble butter”.

Second Schedule, item 12.

5. Item 13 in the Second Schedule is amended by omitting from paragraph 7 (in the second column) the figure “8” and inserting in its stead the figure “4”.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.