Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN APPLE AND PEAR CORPORATION ACT 1973 No. 194 of 1973 - SECT 9

9. (1) A contract for-

   (a)  the carriage of apples or pears, other than apples or pears that are
        the property of the Corporation, by sea to a place beyond Australia;
        or

   (b)  the insurance of such apples or pears 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 Corporation acting as agent of the owner of the apples or pears
        or of another person having authority to export the apples or pears;
        or

   (d)  in accordance with conditions approved by the Corporation.

(2) A contract of the kind specified in sub-section (1) made otherwise than in
accordance with this section is void.

(3) A Collector or officer for the purposes of the Customs Act 1901-1973 may
require a person who seeks to export apples or pears from Australia, on making
entry of the apples or pears under that Act and before the entry has been
passed, to satisfy him that the contract for the carriage of the apples or
pears is in conformity with conditions approved by the Corporation, and the
Collector or other officer may decline to pass the entry until that person has
so satisfied him.