1Orange Bounty Act (No. 2) 1936

ORANGE BOUNTY (No. 2).

No. 44 of 1936.

An Act to provide for the Payment of a Bounty on the Export of Oranges from the Commonwealth during the year One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

[Assented to 12th October, 1936.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Orange Bounty Act (No. 2) 1936.

Definitions.

2. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

“bounty” means bounty under this Act;

“export case” means a case the inside measurements of which (clear of divisions) are approximately as follows:—

length—twenty-four inches;

depth—eleven and one-half inches; and

width—eleven and one-half inches.

Bounty to be paid.

3. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the bounty specified in this Act.

Specification of bounty.

4. The bounty shall be payable in respect of—

(a) oranges, other than navel oranges, exported from the Commonwealth to destinations other than New Zealand during the year One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six; and

(b) navel oranges exported from the Commonwealth to destinations other than New Zealand during the period which commenced on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, and ended on the twenty-third day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six,

and in respect of which the provisions of the Commerce (General Exports) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1926, No. 22, as amended to the date of the export of the oranges) are or have been complied with:

Provided that the bounty shall not be payable in respect of—

(c) oranges described as “Plain” within the meaning of regulation 48a of the Commerce (General Exports) Regulations as in force at the date of commencement of this Act; and

(d) oranges exported as gifts.

Rate of bounty.

5. Bounty shall be payable at the rate of Two shillings for each export case of oranges.

Payee of bounty.

6.—(1.) The bounty shall, subject to this section, be payable to the exporter of the oranges.

(2.) The exporter of the oranges shall pay to the grower of the oranges the amount of the bounty received by him in respect of the oranges, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Minister that he purchased or otherwise acquired the oranges from the grower or his agent and that the payment, if any, made to the grower or his agent for the oranges included an amount which represents the bounty paid in respect of the oranges.