Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1994

No. 369 1

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Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985.

Dated 25 October 1994.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

BOB COLLINS

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 6 (Refund or remission of charge)

After subregulation 6 (7), insert:

“(8)

If a person is liable to pay in a financial year:

• (a)

  establishment registration charge under the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985;

• (b)

  quantity charge under the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985;

• (c)

  service charge under the Export Inspection (Service Charge) Act 1985; or

• (d)

  domestic meat premises charge under the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993;

the Secretary may, in accordance with subregulation (9), remit some or all of the amount of charge.

“(9)

For the purpose of subregulation (8), the Secretary must:

• (a)

  be satisfied that, for the purpose of cost-recovery in that financial year, in relation to a service or matter for which charge of a kind referred to in subregulation (8) is imposed, full charge need not be collected; and

• (b)

  in determining the amount of charge to be remitted—take account of the amount of charge, of the kind proposed to be remitted, that the person has already paid or is liable to pay in that financial year.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 November 1994.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 145 as amended by 1985 No. 363; 1987 No. 253; 1988 No. 23; 1989 No. 406; 1992 No. 251; 1993 No. 374; 1994 Nos. 65 and 124.