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Orchard Levy Amendment Act 1972

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Short Title

Interpretation

Occupier of orchard to pay levy

Orchard Levy Amendment Act 1972

Public Act		1972 No 90
Date of assent		20 October 1972

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Interpretation
3	Occupier of orchard to pay levy
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Orchard Levy Act 1953

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 Orchard Levy Amendment Act 1972, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Orchard Levy Act 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Interpretation

(1)

Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the term “fruit”, and substituting the following definition:

“‘Fruit’ means apples, pears, quinces, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, cherries, Chinese gooseberries (kiwi fruit), tamarillos, passion fruit, avocadoes, all citrus fruits, and any other kind of fruit that the Governor-General may from time to time by Order in Council declare to be fruit for the purposes of this Act:”.

(2)

The said section 2 is hereby further amended by repealing the definition of the term “orchard”, and substituting the following definition:

“‘Orchard’ means any land having an area of not less than 4,000 square metres on which fruit trees are grown for the purposes of producing fruit for sale, whether the trees have come into bearing or not.”

3 Occupier of orchard to pay levy

(1)

Section 3 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 2 of the Orchard Levy Amendment Act 1969) is hereby further amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of subsection (1) the words “5 acres”, and substituting the words “2 hectares”.

(2)

The said section 3 is hereby further amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection (1) the words “5 acres”, and substituting the words “2 hectares”.

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Orchard Levy Amendment Act 1972