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Meat Export Control Amendment Act 1959

Public Act		1959 No 52
Date of assent		21 October 1959

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Export of meat by air
3	Board may buy and sell meat for certain purposes

An Act to amend the Meat Export Control Act 1921–22

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

This Act may be cited as the Meat Export Control Amendment Act 1959, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Meat Export Control Act 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Export of meat by air

Section twelve of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows:

(a)

By inserting in subsection one, after the words “by sea”, the words “or by air”:

(b)

By inserting in subsection two, after the words “by sea”, the words “or by air”:

(c)

By omitting from subsection three the word “shipment”, and substituting the word “carriage”.

3 Board may buy and sell meat for certain purposes

The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section fourteen a, as inserted by section four of the Meat Export Control Amendment Act 1956, the following section:

“14b

“(1)

The Board may buy any meat produced in New Zealand and may sell or otherwise dispose of any such meat in any country other than New Zealand in order to promote the sale of New Zealand meat in that country or to maintain the market for New Zealand meat in that country.

“(2)

The Board, with the prior consent of the Minister of Finance, may—

“(a)

Subscribe for or otherwise acquire shares in any company, whether incorporated in New Zealand or elsewhere, carrying on or proposing to carry on operations relating to the sale, storage, or transport of meat produced in New Zealand:

“(b)

Advance money to any such company:

“(c)

Give such guarantee, indemnity, or security as it thinks fit to any such company.

“(3)

The powers conferred on the Board by this section shall be exercised by the Board for the purpose of establishing markets for New Zealand meat in countries where, in the opinion of the Board, no market or no substantial market for New Zealand meat or for a particular class of that meat exists, and of expanding or maintaining markets in those countries, and no contract under this section for the sale of meat shall be entered into by the Board otherwise than for a purpose referred to in this subsection.

“(4)

Subject to the provisions of section seven of the Finance Act (No. 2) 1953, any money required by the Board in the exercise of any of its powers under this section may be paid from the funds of the Board.

“(5)

The Board may enter into such agreements or arrangements as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions of this section.

“(6)

Nothing in paragraph (g) of section fifteen of this Act shall apply to any money received by the Board in respect of the sale of meat under this section.

“(7)

The powers conferred on the Board by this section are in addition to and shall not be deemed to limit any other powers conferred on the Board by any enactment.”

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