Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DRIED VINE FRUITS STABILIZATION AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 135 of 1978 - SECT 7

7. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(3) Where the making of a repayment to the Consolidated Revenue Fund out of
a stabilization fund would permit the rate of a stabilization payment payable
out of the stabilization fund to exceed-

   (a)  in relation to a season that commenced before 1 January 1978-$23 per
        tonne; or

   (b)  in relation to the season that commenced on 1 January 1978 or either
        of the next 2 succeeding seasons-$25 per tonne,

the Minister shall make that repayment.'';

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section:

''(4A) Sub-section (4) applies in relation to the Currants Stabilization Fund
and the Raisins Stabilization Fund as if the last season to which this Act
applies were the season that commenced on 1 January 1976.''; and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (5) the following sub-section:

''(5A) For the purposes of the application of sub-section (5) in relation to
the making of payments out of a stabilization fund after the date of
commencement of this sub-section, any moneys paid into that fund before that
date shall be disregarded.''.