Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1981
Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1981
Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1981
Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1981
Public Act |
1981 No 36 |
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Date of assent |
3 October 1981 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Tobacco Growing Industry Act 1974
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1981, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Tobacco Growing Industry Act 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
Except where this Act otherwise provides, this Act shall come into force on the date on which it receives the Governor-General’s assent.
2 Membership of Board
(1)
Section 4(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended—
(a)
By omitting the expression “9”
, and substituting the expression “7”
:
(b)
By omitting from paragraph (d) and also from paragraph (e) the word “Three”
, and substituting in both cases the word “Two”
.
(2)
Section 6(1) of the principal Act is hereby consequentially amended by inserting, after the words “each year”
, the words “in which a vacancy occurs”
.
(3)
Section 12(2) of the principal Act is hereby consequentially amended by omitting the expression “4”
, and substituting the expression “3”
.
(4)
This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of September 1981.
3 Percentage of New Zealand tobacco to be used by manufacturers
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 40.
(2)
This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of September 1981.
4 Committee to determine adjusted quotas
(1)
Section 43(2)(b) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 7(1) of the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1980) is hereby amended by omitting the expression “1982”
, and substituting the expression “1981”
.
(2)
This section shall cease to have effect on the expiry of section 43 of the principal Act.
5 Price of quota leaf
(1)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 46.
(2)
This section shall come into force on the 1st day of September 1984.
6 Abolition of licensing and quotas
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended in the manner set out in the Schedule to this Act.
(2)
The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
(a)
Sections 4, 7, 8, and 9 of the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1976:
(b)
Sections 3 to 9 to the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1980.
(3)
This section shall come into force on the 1st day of September 1986.
Schedule Amendments to Principal Act
Section 6(1)
| Provisions of Act | Amendments |
|---|---|
| Section 2 | By repealing the definitions of the expressions “adjusted quota”, “basic quota”, “Committee”, “Domestic Tobacco Quota”, “licence”, “licensee”, “non-quota leaf”, “over-quota leaf”, “quota”, “quota leaf”, “Schedule of Standard Grades”, “shortfall”, and “Tribunal”. |
| Heading to Part I | By omitting the words “THE TOBACCO QUOTA COMMITTEE, AND THE TOBACCO QUOTA APPEALS TRIBUNAL”. |
| Section 11 | By repealing subsection (2). |
Subheading “Tobacco Quota Committee”immediately preceding section 12 |
By repealing this subheading. |
| Sections 12 to 15 | By repealing the sections. |
| Section 15a (as inserted by section 4 of the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1976) | By repealing the section. |
Subheading “Tobacco Quota Appeals Tribunal”immediately preceding section 16 |
By repealing the subheading. |
| Sections 16 to 20 | By repealing these sections. |
| Section 23a (as inserted by section 6 of the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1976) | By omitting from subsection (3) the words “or the Tribunal”in both places where they occur. |
| Section 26 | By omitting the words “and of the Tribunal”. |
| Section 29 | By repealing subsection (2). |
By omitting from subsection (3) the words “or subsection (2)”. | |
| Section 30 |
By repealing the section, and substituting the following section: “30 Members of Board not personally liable for its acts
No member of the Board shall be personally liable for any act or default done or made by the Board or by any member thereof in good faith in the course of the operations of the Board.” |
| Part II | By repealing the Part. |
| Section 50 |
By repealing subsection (1), and substituting the following subsection: “(1) Every person commits an offence against this Act who obstructs or impedes, or attempts to obstruct or impede, the Board or any member, officer, servant, or agent of the Board in exercising any of the functions, powers, authorities, or duties vested in or conferred upon the Board by this Act.” |
| Section 52 | By repealing paragraphs (a) (as substituted by section 3(6) of the Tobacco Growing Industry Amendment Act 1976), (c), (d), and (e). |
By omitting from paragraph (k) the words “the Committee and the Tribunal”. |
This Act is administered in the Department of Trade and Industry.