Commonwealth legislation

Primary Produce Export Organization Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

130 of 1935

Collection

legislative instrument

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What this does: These regulations appoint specific industry groups as the official legal controllers for exporting certain agricultural products. Under the parent Act, being a "prescribed organization" gives these bodies the power to manage, restrict, or organize how their designated products are exported from Australia.

Who is affected:

Egg Producers Council — granted legal authority over all exports of eggs in shell
Australian Apple and Pear Export Council — granted legal authority over all exports of fresh apples and pears

Why it matters: This designation is what gives these councils their legal teeth. Without being officially "prescribed" in these regulations, they couldn't enforce rules on how these products are exported, control quality standards, or limit who can export them. This effectively creates a compulsory, centralized control system for these specific commodities.

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Primary Produce Export Organization Regulations

STATUTORY RULES.

1935. No. 130.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PRIMARY PRODUCE EXPORT ORGANIZATION ACT 1935.*

I, THE GOVERNOR‑GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Primary Produce Export Organization Act 1935.

Dated this eleventh day of December, 1935.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

EARLE PAGE

Minister of State for Commerce.

Primary Produce Export Organization Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce Export Organization Regulations.

Commencement.

These Regulations shall take effect on the sixteenth day of December, 1935.

Prescribed Organizations

For the purposes of the Primary Produce Export Organization Act 1935, the following organizations shall be prescribed organizations:—

(a) In respect of eggs (in shell)—the Egg Producers Council; and

(b) In respect of fresh apples and fresh pears—the Australian Apple and Pear Export Council.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 12th December, 1935.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

5879.—Price 3d.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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