DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924
- Reprinted as at 17 June 1970 (HISTACT2 CHAP 14 #DATE 17:06:1970)
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Definition
3. Charge on export of dried fruits
3A. Exemption from charges
4. Regulations
5. Duration of Act
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - SECT. 1.
Short title.
SECT
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970
An Act to impose Charges upon the Export of Dried Fruits.
Short title amended; No. 32, 1918, s.2.
1. This Act may be cited as the Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1924-1970.*
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - SECT. 2.
Definition.
SECT
Amended by No. 90, 1964, s.3.
2. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
''dried fruits'' means dried currants, dried sultanas and dried raisins.
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - SECT. 3.
Charge on export of dried fruits.
SECT
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 90, 1964, s. 4.
3. (1) A charge is imposed and shall be levied and paid on all dried fruits
exported from the Commonwealth.
Substituted by No. 6, 1927, s. 3; amended by No. 136, 1965, s. 3; and No. 18,
1970, s. 3.
(2) The rate of the charge shall be three-tenths of a cent for each pound of
dried fruits exported, or, in the case of any of the three kinds of dried
fruits to which this Act applies, such lower rate as is prescribed by the
regulations.
Substituted by No. 12, 1929, s. 2.
(3) All moneys payable under this section in respect of any dried fruits
shall be paid on or before the entry of those dried fruits for export to such
officers in the respective States of the Commonwealth as are prescribed.
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - SECT. 3A.
Exemption from charges.
SECT
Inserted by No. 6, 1927, s. 4.
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 90, 1964, s. 5.
3A. (1) The Governor-General may, from time to time, by order published in
the Gazette, after report to the Minister by the Australian Dried Fruits
Control Board constituted under the Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1964,
exempt dried currants, dried sultanas or dried raisins from the charges
imposed by this Act.
(2) Any such exemption may be unconditional, or subject to such conditions
as the Governor-General thinks fit, and shall apply in respect of the period
(if any) specified in the order of exemption, or, in the absence of the
specification of any such period, until such date as the Governor-General may
fix by order published in the Gazette.
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - SECT. 4.
Regulations.
SECT
Amended by No. 6, 1927, s. 5; No. 90, 1964, s. 6; and No. 18, 1970, s. 4.
4. The Governor-General may, after report to the Minister by the Australian
Dried Fruits Control Board constituted under the Dried Fruits Export Control
Act 1924-1964, make regulations prescribing a lower rate of the charge on
dried currants, dried sultanas or dried raisins exported from the Commonwealth
in respect of which entry for export is made on or after such date as is
specified in the regulations.
DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - SECT. 5.
Duration of Act.
SECT
5. This Act shall continue in force until a date which the Governor-General
may fix by Proclamation.
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DRIED FRUITS EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1924-1970 - NOTE
NOTE
1. The Dried Fruits Export Charges Act 1924-1970 comprises the Dried Fruits
Export Charges Act 1924 as amended by the other Acts specified in the
following table:
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Number Date of
Act and year Date of
Assent commencement
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Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1924 No. 41, 1924 20 Oct 1924 20 Oct 1924
Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1927 No. 6, 1927 8 April 1927 20 Oct 1924
Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1929 No. 12, 1929 22 Mar 1929 22 Mar 1929
Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1964 No. 90, 1964 5 Nov 1964 5 Nov 1964
Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1965 No. 136, 1965 18 Dec 1965 14 Feb 1966
Dried Fruits Export
Charges Act 1970 No. 18, 1970 17 June 1970 S.3: 1 Aug 1970
(see Gazette
1970,
p. 4706)
Remainder: Royal
Assent
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