Edible Oils
(Export Inspection Charge) Act 1982
No. 12 of 1982
An
Act to impose a charge upon the inspection of edible oils 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 Edible Oils (Export Inspection
Charge) Act 1982.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on 1 July 1982.
Collection
Act
3. The Edible Oils (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 edible oils
inspected for export.
(2) Sub-section (1) does not
apply to edible oils, or edible oils included in a class of edible oils, 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
edible oils is such rate as is applicable under the regulations to the class of
edible oils in which those edible oils are included.
(2) For the purposes of
sub-section (1), different rates of charge may be prescribed in respect of
different classes of edible oils.
(3) The rate of charge in
respect of edible oils shall not exceed $2.00 per tonne.
By
whom charge payable
7. The charge on edible
oils 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 edible
oils.
Regulations
8.