EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 159 of 1984]
(#DATE 14:12:1973)
Compilation Information
- Reprinted as at 14 December 1973
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Definition
3. Charge on export of eggs
4. Exemption from charges
5. Regulations
6. Duration of Act
SCHEDULE
Charges on Export of Eggs
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SECT. 1.
Short title.
SECT
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973
An Act to impose Charges upon the Export of Eggs.
Short title amended; No. 32, 1918, s. 2.
1. This Act may be cited as the Egg Export Charges Act 1947-1973.*
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SECT. 2.
Definition.
SECT
2. In this Act ''eggs'' means hen eggs in shell and includes the following
products of hen eggs, namely, liquid whole egg, liquid egg white, liquid egg
yolk, dried whole egg, sugared dried egg and dried egg white.
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SECT. 3.
Charge on export of eggs.
SECT
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 186, 1973, s. 2.
3. (1) Charges are imposed and shall be levied and paid on all eggs exported
from Australia.
Amended by No. 186, 1973, s. 2.
(2) Subject to a lower rate being prescribed by the regulations, the rates
of those charges shall be as specified in the Schedule.
(3) All moneys payable under this section in respect of any eggs shall be
paid, on or before the entry of the eggs for export, to such officers in the
respective States, or in the Northern Territory, as are prescribed.
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SECT. 4.
Exemption from charges.
SECT
4. (1) The Governor-General may, from time to time, by order published in
the Gazette, after report to the Minister by the Australian Egg Board
constituted in pursuance of the Egg Export Control Act 1947, exempt any eggs
from the charges imposed by or under this Act.
(2) Any exemption under this section may be unconditional or subject to such
conditions as are specified in the order of exemption, and shall apply in
respect of such period (if any) as is so specified.
(3) The Governor-General may, by order published in the Gazette, cancel any
exemption made under this section of any eggs from the charges imposed by or
under this Act, and thereupon those charges shall, from the date fixed by the
order, become payable in respect of those eggs.
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SECT. 5.
Regulations.
SECT
Amended by No. 186, 1973, s. 3.
5. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters which are by this Act 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 Australian Egg Board constituted in pursuance of the Egg
Export Control Act 1947, for prescribing lower rates of the charges imposed on
any eggs exported from Australia.
EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SECT. 6.
Duration of Act.
SECT
6. This Act shall continue in force until a date to be fixed by Proclamation
as the date upon which the Act shall cease to be in force.
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EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - SCHEDULE
SCH
Substituted by No. 186, 1973, s. 4.
SCHEDULE
Section
3
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Kind of Eggs Rate of
Charge
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Eggs in shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.5 cents per 30 dozen
eggs Liquid whole egg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 cents per
kilogram Liquid egg white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 cents
per kilogram Liquid egg yolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
cents per kilogram Dried whole egg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.3 cents per kilogram Sugared dried egg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 cents per kilogram Dried egg white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.6 cents per kilogram
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EGG EXPORT CHARGES ACT 1947-1973 - NOTE
NOTE
1. The Egg Export Charges Act 1947-1973 comprises the Egg Export Charges Act
1947 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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Egg Export Charges Act
1947 No. 77, 1947 11 Dec 1947 8 Jan 1948
Egg Export Charges Act
1965 No. 137, 1965 18 Dec 1965 14 Feb 1966
Egg Export Charges Act
1973 No. 186, 1973 14 Dec 1973 11 Jan 1974
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