Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1973

No. 187 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962–1965 in relation to Metric Conversion.

[Assented to 14 December 1973]

[Date of commencement 11 January 1974]

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 Honey Levy Act (No, 1) 1973.

(2) The Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962–1965 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962–1973.

Rate of levy.

2. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “Five-twelfths of a cent per pound” and substituting the words “Nine-tenths of a cent per kilogram”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) the words “One cent per pound” and substituting the words “Two and two-tenths cents per kilogram”.

Exemptions.

3. Section 6a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “one hundred and twenty pounds” and substituting the words “fifty kilograms”.