Dairy Products
(Export Inspection Charge) Act 1982
No.
10 of 1982
An
Act to impose a charge upon the inspection of dairy products for export
[Assented to 15
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
1. This Act may be cited
as the Dairy Products (Export Inspection
Charge) Act 1982.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on 1 July 1982.
Collection
Act
3. The Dairy Products (Export Inspection Charge)
Collection Act 1982 is incorporated, and shall be read as one, with this
Act.
Interpretation
4. In this Act, unless the
contrary intention appears, “charge” means the charge imposed by this Act.
Imposition
of charge
5. (1) Subject to sub-section
(2), a charge is imposed on dairy products inspected for export.
(2) Sub-section (1) does not
apply to dairy products, or dairy products included in a class of dairy
products, that are exempt from the charge under the regulations.
Rates
of charge
6. (1) Subject to this section,
the rate of charge in respect of dairy products is such rate as is applicable
under the regulations to the class of dairy products in which those dairy
products are included.
(2) For the purposes of
sub-section (1), different rates of charge may be prescribed in respect of
different classes of dairy products.
(3) The rate of charge in
respect of dairy products shall not exceed $5.00 per tonne.
By
whom charge payable
7. The charge on dairy
products inspected for export is payable by the person (including a State or an
authority of a State) who furnishes an export notice in relation to the dairy
products.
Regulations
8.