Statutory Rules

1980 No. 8

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNING-FRUIT CHARGE ACT 1959¹

WHEREAS it is provided by section 7 of the Canning-Fruit Charge Act 1959 that the rate of the charge imposed by that Act is One dollar per tonne of fruit or such lesser rate as is prescribed from time to time:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 9 (2) of that Act that, before making regulations under section 9 of that Act prescribing a rate for the purposes of section 7 of that Act, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the rate of the charge made to the Minister by the Australian Canned Fruit Sales Promotion Committee constituted by the Canned Fruit (Sales Promotions) Act 1959:

AND WHEREAS the Australian Canned Fruit Sales Promotion Committee has recommended to the Minister that the rate of the charge be 50 cents per tonne of fruit:

NOW THEREFORE I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after taking into consideration the recommendation with respect to the rate of the charge made to the Minister by the Australian Canned Fruit Sales Promotion Committee, hereby make the following Regulations under the Canning-Fruit Charge Act 1959.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of January 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN HOWARD

Treasurer

Canning-Fruit Charge Regulations

Citation

          1.   These Regulations may be cited as the Canning-Fruit Charge Regulations.

Commencement

          2.   These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 December 1979.

Rate of charge

          3.   For the purposes of section 7 of the Canning-Fruit Charge Act 1959, the rate of the charge is 50 cents per tonne of fruit.

1.       Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 February 1980.