Commonwealth Numbered Acts

APPLE AND PEAR STABILIZATION AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 44 of 1976 - SECT 6

6. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (2) the words ''during the season
        referred to in the next succeeding sub-section'' and substituting the
        words ''during a season referred to in sub-section (2A), (2B) or
        (2C)''; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (2A) the following sub-sections:-

''(2B) The rate of a stabilization payment in respect of apples picked during
the season that commenced on 1 October 1975 shall not exceed an amount per
reputed box, or part of a reputed box, in each container of apples equal to-

   (a)  $2; or

   (b)  a number of dollars equal to the product of 2 and 2,000,000 divided by
        a number equal to the number of reputed boxes of apples picked during
        that season and-

        (i)    exported (whether before or after the commencement of this
               sub-section) on consignment to a country in Europe (including
               the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
               during that season; and

        (ii)   sold after exportation and before the end of that season,

whichever is the lesser amount.

''(2C) The rate of a stabilization payment in respect of pears picked during
the season that commenced on 1 October 1975 shall not exceed an amount per
reputed box, or part of a reputed box, in each container of pears equal to-

   (a)  80 cents; or

   (b)  a number of cents equal to the product of 80 and 1,400,000 divided by
        a number equal to the number of reputed boxes of pears picked during
        that season and-

        (i)    exported (whether before or after the commencement of this
               sub-section) on consignment to a country in Europe (including
               the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the
               United States of America or Canada during that season; and

        (ii)   sold after exportation and before the end of that season,

whichever is the lesser amount.''.