STATUTORY RULES.

1954. No. .

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WHEAT MARKETING ACT 1948-1953.*

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 Wheat Marketing Act 1948-1953.

Dated this sixth day of July, 1954.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Commerce and Agriculture.

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Amendments of the Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations.†

1. Regulation 1 of the Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

Citation.

“ 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wheat Marketing (Election of Board) Regulations.”.

Interpretation.

2. Regulation 3 of the Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definition of “ State poll ”; and

(b) by omitting from that sub-regulation the definition of “ the Act ” and inserting in its stead the following definition :—

“ ‘ the Act’ means the Wheat Marketing Act 1948-1953; ”.

3. Regulations 6 and 7 of the Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead :—

Preparation of rolls.

“ 6.—(1.) The Deputy Returning Officer for a State shall, for the purposes of each election in the State, prepare and maintain a roll of wheat growers for the State.

“ (2.) Subject to the next succeeding regulation, the name of a person may be included in the roll of wheat growers for a State for the purposes of an election if the Deputy Returning Officer for the State

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.

† Statutory Rules 1950, No. 19.

274.—Price 3d. 9/2.2.1954.

is satisfied, upon the basis of information received from the Board or as a result of a claim for enrolment submitted in accordance with the next succeeding sub-regulation, that—

(a) that person has delivered wheat produced in that State to the Board during either or both of the two seasons next preceding the season which was current at the date upon which the notice in relation to the election was published in the Gazette in pursuance of the last preceding regulation ; or

(b) that person has, in the year next preceding the year in which that notice was so published, sown in the State not less than fifty acres of wheat for harvesting as grain.

“ (3.) A person claiming to be entitled to have his name included in a roll of wheat growers for a State may submit to the Deputy Returning Officer for that State a duly completed claim for enrolment in accordance with Form A.

Persons not being wheat growers not to be enrolled.

“ 7. Where the Deputy Returning Officer for a State is satisfied that a person is not a wheat grower in the State, he shall not enrol that person and, if that person is already enrolled, he shall remove that person’s name from the roll.”.

The Schedule.

4. The Schedule to the Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting Form A and inserting in its stead the following form :—

Form A. Regulation 6 (3.)

Commonwealth of Australia.

Wheat Marketing (Election of Board) Regulations.

CLAIM FOR ENROLMENT BY WHEAT GROWER.

Surname—

Christian names—

Full postal address—

To the Deputy Returning Officer [here insert address].

I, the abovenamed wheat grower, hereby claim to have my name placed on the roll of wheat growers for the State of                                                        to enable me to vote at the election of representatives of wheat growers in that State for appointment as members of the Australian Wheat Board.

I declare that I am a wheat grower and—

(a) Strike out if inapplicable.

(a) that I delivered wheat produced in the State of  to the Australian Wheat Board during the season that commenced on 1st October, 19              ,

or

(a) that in the year ended 31st December, 19 , I sowed in the State of                                            not less than fifty acres of wheat for harvesting as grain.

I further declare that the statements made in this claim are true and correct in every particular.

Signature of grower.

Date

Signature of witness

Address of witness;

(b) by omitting from Form B the words “ Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations ” and inserting in their stead the words “ Wheat Marketing (Election of Board) Regulations ” ;

(c) by omitting from Form C the words “ Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations ” and inserting in their stead the words “ Wheat Marketing (Election of Board) Regulations ” ;

(d) by omitting from Form D the words “ Wheat, Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations ” and inserting in their stead the words “ Wheat Marketing (Election of Board) Regulations ” ;

(e) by omitting from Form D the words “ Wheat Industry Stabilization Act 1948 ” and inserting in their stead the words “ Wheat Marketing Act 1948-1953 ” ; and

(f) by omitting from Form E the words “ Wheat Industry Stabilization (Election of Board) Regulations ” and inserting in their stead the words “ Wheat Marketing (Election of Board) Regulations ”.

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