Canned
Fruits Levy Amendment Act 1982
No.
18 of 1982
An
Act to amend the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979
[Assented to 28 April 1982]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Canned Fruits Levy Amendment Act 1982.
(2) The Canned Fruits Levy Act 19791 is in this Act referred to
as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Rate
of levy
3. Section 6 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “the Schedule” and
substituting “Schedule 1”.
4. After section 6 of the Principal
Act the following section is inserted:
Temporary
rate of levy
“6a.
(1) Notwithstanding section 6 and the regulations that, immediately before the
commencement of this section, were in force for the purposes of section 6, but
subject to sub-section (2) of this section, the rates of levy in respect of
canned fruits produced on or after 1 January 1982 shall be deemed to have been,
and to be, the rates ascertained in accordance with Schedule 2.
“(2) This section does not prevent
the making of regulations for the purposes of sub-section 6 (1) fixing rates of
levy that differ from the rates of levy ascertained in accordance with Schedule
2 and, if regulations are so made, the rates of levy specified in Schedule 2
cease to apply.”.
Schedules
5. The Schedule to the
Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedules are substituted:
SCHEDULE 1 Section 6
MAXIMUM
RATES OF LEVY
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Gross weight of container | Maximum rate of levy |
Where
the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150 grams
| 1.875 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams but does not exceed 320
grams.....................................................................................
| 3.75 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams but does not exceed 490
grams.....................................................................................
| 7.5 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams but does not exceed 680
grams.....................................................................................
| 11.25 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams
| 15 cents per dozen containers
and, in addition, 9 cents per dozen containers for each 450 grams, or part of
450 grams, by which the gross weight of the container exceeds 900 grams
|
SCHEDULE 2 Section 6a
TEMPORARY
RATES OF LEVY
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Gross weight of container | Rate of levy |
Where
the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150 grams
| 1.6875 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams but does not exceed 320
grams.....................................................................................
| 3.375 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams but does not exceed 490
grams.....................................................................................
| 6.75 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams but does not exceed 680
grams.....................................................................................
| 10.125 cents per dozen containers |
Where
the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams
| 13.5 cents per dozen containers
and, in addition, 8.1 cents per dozen containers for each 450 grams, or part
of 450 grams, by which the gross weight of the container exceeds 900 grams
|
NOTE
1. No. 161, 1979.