New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Dried Fruits Act 1939 and the Dried Fruits (General) Regulation 1993 are taken to have ceased on 1 September 1997 to apply to and in respect of dried fruits other than dried prunes.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the following provisions remain in force in respect of dried fruits until the date of the laying before the Legislative Assembly of the report of the Director referred to in section 6 (1) (d):(a) section 15 (Estimate of expenditure etc) of the Dried Fruits Act 1939 ,(b) clauses 15 (Basis of calculation of annual contributions by packers) and 16 (Payment of contribution by instalments) of the Dried Fruits (General) Regulation 1993 .
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), failure to make due payment of any instalment in respect of a contribution payable under section 15 of the Dried Fruits Act 1939 for the year commencing on 1 January 1997 does not render, and is taken never to have rendered, payment of the outstanding balance of the contribution immediately payable. Payment of the whole or any part of the outstanding balance becomes instead immediately payable on the date specified under section 7 (2) (b) (i).
(4) Subsection (2) does not operate to require a person to pay a contribution under section 15 of the Dried Fruits Act 1939 in respect of any year after the year commencing on 1 January 1997.
(5) Any act or omission occurring between 1 September 1997 and the date of assent to this Act (both dates inclusive) that would have constituted an offence under the Dried Fruits Act 1939 or the Dried Fruits (General) Regulation 1993 in respect of dried fruits other than dried prunes is taken not to constitute such an offence.
(6) Nothing in this section prevents, during the interim period, the amendment or repeal of a provision (other than clause 15 or 16) of the Dried Fruits (General) Regulation 1993 in its application to and in respect of dried prunes.