PRIMARY PRODUCE EXPORT CHARGES.
No. 69 of 1935.
An Act to impose Charges upon the Export of certain Primary Produce.
[Assented to 9th December, 1935.]
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 Primary Produce Export Charges Act 1935.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Charge on export of primary produce.
3.—(1.) Subject to a lower rate being prescribed by the regulations in respect of any of the kinds of primary produce to which this Act applies, a charge, at the rates in this section respectively specified, is imposed and shall be levied and paid on the following primary produce exported from the Commonwealth, namely:—
| On eggs (in shell).................... | Per case containing not more than fifteen dozen eggs | One penny. |
| | Per case containing more than fifteen dozen eggs | Twopence. |
| On fresh apples exported to the United Kingdom or to the continent of Europe | Per case, two half-cases, or three trays | Three-eighths of One penny. |
| On fresh pears exported to the United Kingdom or to the continent of Europe | Per case, two half-cases, or three trays | Three-eighths of One penny. |
(2.) All moneys payable under this section in respect of any primary produce shall be paid, on or before the entry of the primary produce for export, to such officers as are prescribed.
Power to terminate charge on particular primary produce.
4. After report to the Minister by any prescribed organization that it is undesirable that the charge imposed by this Act upon the export of any kind of primary produce should continue to be collected, the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, by Proclamation declare that, from a date to be specified in the Proclamation, the charge imposed by this Act upon the export of that kind of primary produce shall cease to be imposed, levied and paid, and thereupon the charge so imposed shall cease to be imposed, levied and paid, from the date so specified.
Regulations.
5. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and, in particular, after report to the Minister by the prescribed organization, for prescribing lower rates of the charge imposed on any kind of primary produce exported from the Commonwealth.