AUSTRALIAN APPLE AND PEAR CORPORATION AMENDMENT ACT 1976

No. 199 of 1976

An Act to amend the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation Act 1973.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation Amendment Act 1976.

(2) The Australian Apple and Pear Corporation Act 1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement.

2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 4 shall come into operation on 1 January 1977.

Definitions.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in the definitions of “Apple and Pear Growers’ Association” and “Apple and Pear Shippers’ Association”, after the words “known as the”, the word “Australian”.

Moneys to be paid to Corporation.

4. (1) Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “all moneys received by officers under section 4 of the Apple and Pear Export Charges Act 1938-1973” and substituting the words “all moneys, other than fines, received under the Apple and Pear Levy Collection Act 1976 or under the Apple and Pear Export Charge Collection Act 1976”.

(2) Notwithstanding the amendment effected by sub-section (1), section 29 of the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues to apply to moneys received by officers under section 4 of the Apple and Pear Export Charges Act 1938.

Audit.

5. Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) the word “financial”.

Annual report.

6. (1) Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “each 30 June” and substituting the words “each 31 December”.

(2) The first report and financial statements under section 37 of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, shall be submitted as soon as practicable after 31 December 1977, and shall relate to the operations of the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation during the period that commenced on 1 July 1976 and ends on 31 December 1977.