FRUIT GROWERS’ RELIEF.
No. 39 of 1933.
An Act to provide for Financial Assistance to the States in the provision of Relief to Fruit Growers.
[Assented to 12th December, 1933.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Fruit Growers’ Relief Act 1933.
Definition.
2. In this Act unless the contrary intention appears—
“Fruit growers” means growers of apples or pears.
Payments to States.
3. Subject to this Act, there shall be granted to each State out of moneys appropriated by the Parliament for the purpose, by way of financial assistance to that State, the amount specified in this section opposite the name of that State, namely:—
| | £ |
| New South Wales........................................... | 8,225 |
| Victoria........................................................... | 36,321 |
| Queensland..................................................... | 478 |
| South Australia............................................... | 5,258 |
| Western Australia........................................... | 10,918 |
| Tasmania........................................................ | 63,800 |
Application of moneys paid to States.
4. Any money granted to a State under this Act shall be so granted upon condition that it is applied by the State for the benefit and assistance of necessitous fruit growers who satisfy an authority nominated in that behalf by the State that they have suffered losses in the export from Australia of apples or pears grown by them during the 1932-1933 season.