DRIED FRUITS LEVY ACT 1975

No. 72 of 1975

 

An Act to amend the Dried Fruits Levy Act 1971 for purposes of Metric Conversion.

 

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 Dried Fruits Levy Act 1975.

(2) The Dried Fruits Levy Act 1971, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Dried Fruits Levy Act 1971-1975.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Rate of levy.

3. Section 6 of the Dried Fruits Levy Act 1971 is amended by omit­ting the word “ton” (wherever occurring) and substituting the word “tonne”.

Application of amendments

4. The amendments made by section 3 apply in relation to dried fruits of the season that commenced on 1 January 1975 and dried fruits of subsequent seasons.

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