EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 159 of 1984]
(#DATE 31:12:1979)
Compilation Information
- Incorporating all amendments by legislation made to 31 December 1979
- Reprinted as at 31 December 1979
*1* The Egg Export Control Act 1947 (a) as shown in this reprint comprises
Act
No. 76, 1947 as amended by the other Acts specified in the following table:
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Act Number
and year Date of
Assent Date of
commencement
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Egg Export Control Act
1947 No. 76, 1947 11 Dec 1947 1 Jan 1948 (see
Gazette 1947, p.
3733)
Egg Export Control Act
1948 No. 63, 1948 6 Dec 1948 1 Jan 1948
Egg Export Control Act
1951 No. 21, 1951 22 Oct 1951 22 Oct 1951
Egg Export Control Act
1953 No. 24, 1953 15 Apr 1953 S.6: 1 July 1953
(see Gazette
1953,
p. 1819)
Remainder: Royal
Assent
Egg Export Control Act
1954 No. 18, 1954 20 Apr 1954 17 June 1954
(see
Gazette 1954, p.
1753)
Statute Law Revision
(Decimal Currency) Act
1966 No. 93, 1966 29 Oct 1966 1 Dec 1966
Statute Law Revision Act
1973 No. 216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973
Administrative Changes
(Consequential
Provisions) Act 1978 No. 36, 1978 12 June 1978 12 June 1978
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(a) This citation is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905
and the Acts Citation Act 1976.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. (Repealed)
5. Australian Egg Board
5A. Term of office of members
5B. Removal of members from office and resignation
6. Incorporation of Board
7. Deputies of Members of the Board
8. Salaries, fees, allowances and expenses
8A. Officers of Public Service appointed as members of the Board
9. Meetings of the Board
10. Executive Committee of Board
11. Overseas representation
12. Employment of staff
13. Powers of Board
13A. Arrangements between the Board and State Boards
14. Control of export of eggs
15. Contracts relating to shipment and insurance of eggs
16. Operation of Customs Act and Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act
not
affected
17. Finance
18. Egg Export Fund
19. Application of moneys paid into accounts or Fund
20. Power to call for returns
21. Audit
22. Indemnity
23. Annual report
24. Regulations
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act relating to the Export of Eggs
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 1.
Short title.
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Egg Export Control Act 1947.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 2.
Commencement.
SECT
2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by
Proclamation.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 3.
Interpretation.
Amended by No. 21, 1951, s. 3; and No. 18, 1954, s. 3.
SECT
3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:-
"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;
"State Board" means a Board referred to in paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e) or
(f) of sub-section (2) of section five of this Act;
"the Board" means the Australian Egg Board constituted by this Act;
"the Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
"the Fund" means the Egg Export Fund established under this Act.
Section 4 repealed by No. 216, 1973, s. 3.
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EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 5.
Australian Egg Board.
SECT
5. (1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be an Australian Egg Board.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(2) The Board shall consist of-
(a) a member representing the Government of the Commonwealth;
(b) two members representing the board established in the State of New
South Wales and known as the Egg Marketing Board for the State of New South
Wales;
(c) a member representing the board established in the State of Victoria
and known as the Egg and Egg Pulp Marketing Board;
(d) a member representing the board established in the State of Queensland
and known as The Egg Marketing Board;
(e) a member representing the board established in the State of South
Australia and known as The South Australian Egg Board;
(f) a member representing the board established in the State of Western
Australia and known as The Western Australian Egg Marketing Board;
(g) a member with commercial experience; and
(h) a member representing employees engaged in the handling, grading and
processing of eggs.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(3) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor-General.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(4) A member representing a State Board shall be appointed from amongst the
members of the State Board on the nomination of the Minister of State
administering the State Act by or under which the State Board is established.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(5) The appointment of a member of the Board in accordance with the last
preceding sub-section shall not be invalidated or called in question by reason
only of a defect or irregularity in or in connexion with his nomination.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(6) The member representing employees engaged in the handling, grading and
processing of eggs shall, wherever practicable, be a person selected after
consultation by the Minister with representatives of the appropriate trade
union or trade unions.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(7) The member representing the Government of the Commonwealth shall be the
Chairman of the Board.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
SECT
(8) The performance or exercise of the functions or powers of the Board is
not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a member
of the Board.
Sub-sections (9)-(13) omitted by No. 18, 1954, s. 4.
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EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 5A.
Term of office of members.
Inserted by No. 18, 1954, s. 5.
SECT
5A. (1) The Chairman shall hold office for such period as the
Governor-General determines.
(2) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, a member of the Board, other
than the Chairman, shall hold office for a period of three years after the
date of his appointment, but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3) A member of the Board representing a State Board shall cease to hold
office if he ceases to be a member of the State Board.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 5B.
Removal of members from office and resignation.
Inserted by No. 18, 1954, s. 5.
SECT
5B. (1) The Governor-General may remove the Chairman from office for
incapacity, incompetence or misbehaviour.
(2) The Governor-General may remove a member of the Board, other than the
Chairman, from office on the recommendation of the Board or, in the case of a
member representing a State Board, on the recommendation of the Minister of
State administering the State Act by or under which the State Board is
established.
(3) A member of the Board may resign from office by notice of resignation
given to the Governor-General.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 6.
Incorporation of Board.
SECT
6. (1) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a
common seal, and may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property
and shall be capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name.
(2) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial
notice of the seal of the Board affixed to any document and shall presume that
it was duly affixed.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 7.
Deputies of Members of the Board.
SECT
7. (1) In the event of the absence (through illness or otherwise) of a
member of the Board, the Governor-General may appoint a person to be the
deputy of that member, and, during the absence of the member, the person so
appointed shall have and may exercise and perform all the powers and functions
of a member of the Board, and, if the member is a member of any committee of
the Board, the powers and functions of a member of that committee.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 6.
SECT
(2) Where the member who is absent represents a State Board, the deputy of
that member shall be appointed from amongst the members of the State Board on
the nomination of the State Board.
(3) An appointment of a deputy of a member, and any act done by him as such,
shall not be questioned in any proceedings on the ground that the occasion for
his appointment had not arisen or had ceased.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 8.
Salaries, fees, allowances and expenses.
Substituted by No. 24, 1953, s. 3.
SECT
8. (1) Subject to this section, members of the Board and deputies of members
shall be paid, in respect of attendance at meetings of the Board or of a
committee of the Board or while engaged (whether in Australia or overseas),
with the approval of the Board, on business of the Board, such salaries, fees,
allowances and expenses as the Governor-General determines.
(2) If a member or a deputy of a member is also a member of the Parliament
of the Commonwealth or of a State, he shall not be paid salary, fees,
allowances or expenses under the last preceding sub-section, but shall be
reimbursed such expenses as he reasonably incurs by reason of his attendance
at meetings of the Board or of a committee of the Board or of his engagement
(whether in Australia or overseas), with the approval of the Board, on
business of the Board.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 8A.
Officers of Public Service appointed as members of the Board.
Inserted by No. 63, 1948, s. 3; amended by No. 216, 1973, s. 3.
SECT
8A. Where a member of the Board appointed in pursuance of section five of
this Act was, immediately before his appointment, an officer of the Public
Service of the Commonwealth, his service as a member of the Board shall, for
the purpose of determining his existing and accruing rights, be taken into
account as if it were service in the Public Service of the Commonwealth.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 9.
Meetings of the Board.
SECT
9. (1) Subject to this section, meetings of the Board shall be held at such
times, and at such places within the Commonwealth, as the Board from time to
time determines.
(2) The Chairman may at any time call a special meeting of the Board.
(3) At all meetings of the Board six members shall form a quorum.
(4) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he is
present.
(5) At any meeting of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, the
members present shall appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting.
(6) At any meeting of the Board the person presiding at that meeting shall
have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also
have a casting vote.
(7) All questions before the Board shall be decided by a majority of votes.
Sub-section (8) omitted by No. 24, 1953, s. 4.
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SECT
(9) The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings.
(10) A person may, at the request of the Chairman of the Board, attend and
take part in the proceedings of a meeting of the Board, but shall not be
entitled to vote or be counted in any quorum.
Substituted by No. 24, 1953, s. 4.
SECT
(11) A person to whom the last preceding sub-section applies shall be paid,
in respect of his services, such fees, allowances and expenses as the Minister
determines.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 10.
Executive Committee of Board.
Sub-section (1) substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 7.
SECT
10. (1) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board, which shall
consist of-
(a) the Chairman;
(b) two members of the Board representing State Boards, not being members
representing the same State Board; and
(c) the member of the Board representing employees engaged in the handling,
grading and processing of eggs.
Substituted by No. 18, 1954, s. 7.
SECT
(2) A member of the Executive Committee referred to in paragraph (b) of the
last preceding sub-section shall-
(a) be elected by the Board; and
(b) hold office until the expiration of a period of twelve months after the
date of his election or until he ceases to be a member of the Board, whichever
first occurs.
(3) The Executive Committee shall have such powers and functions of the
Board as the Minister, upon the recommendation of the Board, approves, but the
Board may at any time exercise any of its powers and functions which the
Executive Committee is empowered under this section to exercise.
(4) At any meeting of the Executive Committee three members shall form a
quorum.
(5) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee at
which he is present, and, in the event of the absence of the Chairman from any
meeting, the members present at the meeting may elect one of their number to
preside at that meeting.
(6) At any meeting of the Executive Committee the person presiding at the
meeting shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of any equality of
votes, shall also have a casting vote.
(7) All questions before a meeting of the Executive Committee shall be
decided by a majority of votes.
Sub-section (8) omitted by No. 18, 1954, s. 7.
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SECT
(9) The Executive Committee may co-opt any member of the Board to attend
such meetings of the Executive Committee as the Committee determines.
Amended by No. 24, 1953, s. 5.
SECT
(10) Any member who is co-opted in pursuance of the last preceding
sub-section shall act in an advisory capacity only, but shall be entitled to
receive such fees, allowances and expenses as are payable under this Act to a
member of a committee.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 11.
Overseas representation.
SECT
11. (1) The Board may appoint a person or persons approved by the Minister
to represent the Board overseas.
(2) The representative or representatives of the Board overseas shall hold
office on such terms and conditions as the Board determines.
Added by No. 18, 1954, s. 8.
SECT
(3) With the approval of the Minister, the Board may, in relation to a
particular place and a particular matter or class of matters, by writing under
its seal, delegate to a person appointed under this section as a
representative of the Board overseas all or any of the powers and functions of
the Board under this Act and the regulations (except this power of delegation)
so that the delegated powers and functions may be exercised by the
representative with respect to the place and the matter or class of matters
specified in the instrument of delegation.
Added by No. 18, 1954, s. 8.
SECT
(4) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not
prevent the exercise of a power or function by the Board.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 12.
Employment of staff.
Substituted by No. 24, 1953, s. 6.
SECT
12. (1) Subject to this section, the Board may employ such persons as it
thinks necessary to assist the Board in exercising its powers and performing
its functions under this Act.
(2) The terms and conditions of employment of persons employed under this
section shall be such as are determined by the Board with the approval of the
Public Service Board.
Amended by No. 216, 1973, s. 3.
SECT
(3) Where a person employed in pursuance of this section was, immediately
before he became employed by the Board, an officer of the Public Service of
the Commonwealth, his service as a person employed by the Board shall, for the
purpose of determining his existing and accruing rights, be taken into account
as if it were service in the Public Service of the Commonwealth.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 13.
Powers of Board.
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 18, 1954, s. 9.
SECT
13. (1) In addition to any other powers which are conferred by this Act, the
Board shall have power-
(a) to make recommendations to the Minister in relation to the making of
regulations for the purpose of regulating the export of eggs from Australia;
(b) to make reports and suggestions to the Minister on such matters as the
quality, standards and grading of eggs to be exported from Australia;
(c) to advise or to make recommendations to the Minister regarding matters
arising in connexion with any export programmes relating to eggs which the
Board considers it necessary to observe from time to time;
(d) with the concurrence of the Minister, to make arrangements, either on
its own behalf or in collaboration with any other Board or authority, for any
experiment, act or thing which, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to lead
to the improvement of the quality of, or the prevention of deterioration
before or during transport from Australia, of eggs produced in Australia or to
promote the sale overseas of such eggs; (e) subject to any direction of the
Minister-
(i) to purchase eggs intended for export;
(ii) to sell eggs so purchased; and
(iii) to manage and control all matters connected with the handling,
storage, protection, treatment, transfer and shipment of eggs so purchased;
and
(f) subject to any direction of the Minister, to borrow money upon the
security of eggs owned by the Board.
Added by No. 18, 1954, s. 9.
SECT
(2) Where the Board has purchased, or agreed to purchase, eggs, the Board
shall not make, and the vendor is not entitled to receive, before the Board
has sold the eggs, a payment in respect of the purchase of the eggs by the
Board that is in excess of an amount determined by the Board in accordance
with a rate approved by the Minister.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 13A.
Arrangements between the Board and State Boards.
Inserted by No. 18, 1954, s. 10.
SECT
13A. (1) The power of the Board under the last preceding section to purchase
eggs intended for export includes a power for the Board to make an arrangement
with a State Board for the purchase by the Board from the State Board of eggs
the export of which to a country specified in the arrangement is, at any time
during a period so specified, desired by the State Board.
Amended by No. 93, 1966, s. 3.
SECT
(2) Subject to sub-section (4) of this section, where an arrangement is made
between the Board and a State Board under the last preceding sub-section, the
State Board shall not export eggs during the period specified in the
arrangement to the country so specified without the approval of the Board.
Penalty: One thousand dollars.
(3) Where the Board has made an arrangement with a State Board under
sub-section (1) of this section, the Board-
(a) shall, except in the case of eggs that the Board considers it will be
unable to dispose of in the country specified in the arrangement, purchase
from the State Board, in accordance with the arrangement, all eggs, being eggs
owned by the State Board, which the State Board, during the period specified
in the arrangement, informs the Board are eggs the export of which to the
country specified in the arrangement is desired by the State Board; and
(b) shall export those eggs to, and, on such terms as the Board thinks fit,
sell those eggs in, that country or such other country as the State Board
approves.
(4) Where the Board refuses to purchase eggs to which an arrangement under
sub-section (1) of this section applies, sub-section (2) of this section does
not apply to or in relation to the export of those eggs by the State Board
with which the arrangement was made.
(5) An arrangement under sub-section (1) of this section may provide-
(a) that the purchase price to be paid by the Board to the State Board with
which the arrangement is made for eggs purchased by the Board under the
arrangement shall be such amount as is determined by the Board in accordance
with the arrangement; and
(b) that the principle upon which the amount shall be determined shall be-
(i) a pooling of the proceeds of the sale by the Board of those eggs
and the proceeds of the sale of other eggs of a similar weight made by the
Board by virtue of another arrangement under sub-section (1) of this section
made between the Board and another State Board; and
(ii) the division, after the Board has deducted from the pool the
expenses incurred by the Board in connexion with the sales, of the balance of
the pool among the State Boards with which the arrangements have been made on
the basis of the quantity of eggs purchased from each State Board and sold by
the Board, with proper allowances for necessary adjustments in particular
cases.
(6) Where, at a meeting of the Board-
(a) the Board agrees to a resolution that an arrangement under sub-section
(1) of this section be made between the Board and a State Board;
(b) the terms of the proposed arrangement are specified in the resolution;
and
(c) the member representing the State Board votes in favour of the
resolution or, if there are two members representing the State Board, both
those members vote in favour of the resolution,
the arrangement shall be deemed to have been made unless the State Board has,
before the meeting, advised the Board, in writing, that the State Board does
not desire to enter into an arrangement under this section with the Board.
(7) A member of the Board representing a State Board with which an
arrangement under sub-section (1) of this section is not in force is not
entitled-
(a) to vote on a question before the Board which relates to a matter
arising directly out of an arrangement under sub-section (1) of this section
made with another State Board; or
(b) without the approval of the member or members representing that other
State Board-to be present at a meeting of the Board at a time when such a
matter is being considered by the Board.
(8) At any time during a meeting of the Board when a member of the Board is
not entitled to be present by virtue of the last preceding sub-section, a
majority of the members who are entitled to be present shall, notwithstanding
sub-section (3) of section nine of this Act, form a quorum.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 14.
Control of export of eggs.
SECT
14. (1) For the purpose of enabling the Board effectively to control the
export and distribution after export of Australian eggs, the Governor-General
may make regulations prohibiting the export from the Commonwealth of any eggs
except by persons who hold licences issued by the Minister or by a person
thereto authorized in writing by the Minister, and subject to such conditions
and restrictions as are prescribed after recommendation to the Minister by the
Board.
Amended by No. 93, 1966, s. 3.
SECT
(2) A person who exports eggs from the Commonwealth in contravention of the
regulations made in pursuance of this section (including the prescribed
conditions and restrictions) shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One thousand dollars.
(3) Where the Minister is satisfied, on report by the Board, that a person,
to whom a licence under this section has been granted, has contravened or
failed to comply with the prescribed conditions and restrictions, the Minister
may cancel the licence.
Added by No. 18, 1954, s. 11.
SECT
(4) This Act does not authorize the making of regulations prohibiting, or
authorizing the Board to prohibit, the export from the Commonwealth, except by
the Board, of eggs, either generally or to a particular place.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 15.
Contracts relating to shipment and insurance of eggs.
Substituted by No. 24, 1953, s. 7.
SECT
15. (1) A contract for-
(a) the carriage of eggs by sea to a place beyond the Commonwealth; or
(b) the insurance of eggs to be so carried against loss or deterioration
while awaiting transport or in transit or until disposed of,
shall not be made except-
(c) by the Board acting as the agent of the owner of the eggs or of another
person having authority to export the eggs; or
(d) in conformity with conditions approved by the Board.
(2) A contract of the kind specified in the last preceding sub-section made
otherwise than in accordance with this section is void.
(3) A Collector of Customs or other officer of Customs may require a person
who seeks to export eggs from the Commonwealth, on making entry of the eggs
under the Customs Act 1901-1952 and before the entry has been passed, to
satisfy him that the contract for the carriage of the eggs is in conformity
with conditions approved by the Board, and the Collector or other officer may
decline to pass the entry until that person has so satisfied him.
Added by No. 18, 1954, s. 12.
SECT
(4) This section does not apply to or in relation to eggs owned by the
Board.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 16.
Operation of Customs Act and Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act not affected.
SECT
16. Nothing in this Act or the regulations shall affect the operation of the
Customs Act 1901-1936, of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1933, or
of any regulations made under either or both of those Acts.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 17.
Finance.
Sub-section (1) amended by No. 24, 1953, s. 8; No. 216, 1973, s. 3; and No.
36, 1978, s. 3.
SECT
17. (1) The Board shall open and maintain with the Reserve Bank of
Australia, and may open and maintain with any other prescribed bank, an
account or accounts into which shall be paid-
(a) all moneys received in the exercise of the powers and functions of the
Board under this Act;
(b) all moneys appropriated by the Parliament for use by the Board on
behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(c) all moneys advanced by the Minister for Finance*2* to the Board for the
purpose of the exercise of the powers and functions of the Board under this
Act.
Amended by No. 18, 1954, s. 13; and No. 216, 1973, s. 3.
SECT
(2) The Minister may arrange with the Reserve Bank of Australia for the
making by that Bank of advances to the Board for use by the Board for the
purposes of this Act and may guarantee to the Bank the repayment, out of
moneys made available by the Parliament, of any advances made by the Bank in
pursuance of the arrangement.
*2* Sub-section 17 (1) was amended by sub-section 3 (1) of the Administrative
Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978 by substituting "Minister for
Finance" for "Treasurer ". By virtue of section 8 of that Act, a reference
in
sub-section 17 (1) of this reprint to any action taken by the Minister for
Finance is to be read as including a reference to any such action taken
before
20 December 1977 (the date of the relevant change in administrative
arrangements) by the Treasurer.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 18.
Egg Export Fund.
SECT
18. (1) There shall be an Egg Export Fund, into which shall be paid, out of
the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, all
moneys received by the prescribed officers under the Egg Export Charges Act
1947.
(2) Where any account referred to in section seventeen of this Act is
opened, payment into that account of the moneys mentioned in the last
preceding sub-section shall be held to be payment into the Fund.
(3) Income derived from the investment of the Fund shall form part thereof.
(4) The income of the Fund shall not be subject to taxation by the
Commonwealth or a State.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 19.
Application of moneys paid into accounts or Fund.
Amended by No. 24, 1953, s. 9; and No. 18, 1954, s. 14.
SECT
19. The moneys paid into any account or accounts opened by the Board in
pursuance of section seventeen of this Act or into the Fund shall be applied
by the Board in payment of the expenses and other charges incurred by the
Board or for which the Board may become liable in the course of its business
and, in particular-
(a) in payment for purchases of eggs;
(b) in payment of the salaries, fees, allowances and expenses payable under
sections eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve of this Act;
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(d) in repayment of any moneys advanced to the Board;
(e) in investment in any securities of, or guaranteed by, the Government of
the Commonwealth or of a State; and
(f) in payment of any costs or expenses incurred in connexion with any
experiment, act or thing undertaken or done in pursuance of any arrangement
made by the Board under the powers conferred by paragraph (d) of section
thirteen of this Act.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 20.
Power to call for returns.
SECT
20. (1) The Board may, by notice in writing served upon a person, require
that person to furnish, within such time as is specified by the Board, such
returns and information in relation to the egg industry or to eggs owned by
him or under his control as are necessary for the purposes of carrying out
this Act.
Amended by No. 93, 1966, s. 3.
SECT
(2) Any person who, being required in pursuance of this section to furnish
any return or information in relation to any matter within his knowledge or
under his control, fails to furnish the return or information within the time
specified shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 21.
Audit.
SECT
21. The accounts of the Board shall be subject to inspection and audit by
the Auditor-General for the Commonwealth.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 22.
Indemnity.
SECT
22. The members of the Board shall not be personally liable for any act or
default of the Board done or omitted to be done in good faith in the course of
the operations of the Board.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 23.
Annual report.
SECT
23. (1) The Board shall, not later than the thirtieth day of September in
each year, report to the Minister generally as to the operation of the Act.
(2) A copy of the report of the Board shall be laid before each House of the
Parliament within seven sitting days of that House after its receipt by the
Minister.
(3) The report shall be accompanied by a statement by the Minister as to the
operation of the Act.
EGG EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1947 - SECT. 24.
Regulations.
Amended by No. 93, 1966, s. 3.
SECT
24. 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 for prescribing
penalties not exceeding One hundred dollars for any breach of the regulations
other than a breach for which a penalty is prescribed by this Act.
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