Export Inspection Charge Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1985

No. 3601

Export Inspection Charge Regulations2

(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985.

Dated 19 December 1985.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

John Kerin

Minister of State for Primary Industry

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1986.

Citation

2. Regulation 1 of the Export Inspection Charge Regulations is amended by omitting “Charge” and substituting “(Quantity Charge)”.

Interpretation

3. Regulation 2 of the Export Inspection Charge Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting before the definition of “ forward contract” the following definition:

“ ‘dried vegetable’ means a vegetable from which at least half of the natural moisture content has been removed by means of evaporation or dehydration;”;

(b) by omitting “Charge” from the definition of “the Act” and substituting “(Quantity Charge)”.

4. After regulation 3 of the Export Inspection Charge Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

(S.R. 316/85) Cat. No.  11/9.12.1985

 

Exemption from charge

“4. For the purposes of sub-section 6 (2) of the Act, each of the following classes of prescribed commodity is exempt from charge imposed by sub-section 6 (1) of the Act:

(a) eggs or fish, the certification of which is based wholly or partly on an inspection that commenced on or after the day on which this regulation came into operation;

(b) fruit products;

(c) dried vegetables;

(d) grain, being seeds of lupins or field peas exported—

(i) after 27 June 1985 but before 1 October 1985; or

(ii) after 1 October 1985 under a contract entered into before 22 August 1985.”.

Schedule

5. The Schedule to the Export Inspection Charge Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting Items 15 and 16 and substituting the following items:

“15 Fruit other than fresh fruit, dried vine fruit and dried tree fruit………….	0.5 cent per kilogram
16 Vegetables, other than fresh vegetables or dried vegetables………………	0.5 cent per kilogram
16a Vegetables, products………….………….………….………….……….	0.5 cent per kilogram”; and

(b) by omitting from Items 17 and 18 “cents” (wherever occurring) and substituting “cent”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1985.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 144 as amended by 1985 No. 258.

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