Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 3) (Cth)

Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 3)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 239

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985.

Dated 7 December 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

MIKE KELLY

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 3).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 January 2012.

Amendment of Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations 1985

Schedule 1 amends the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations 1985.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 3, definition of charge day, paragraph (b)

omit

products.

insert

products; and

[2] Regulation 3, definition of charge day, after paragraph (b)

insert

(c)in relation to a fish establishment and a charge period — the first day, in the charge period, on which the fish establishment is registered for operations associated with the preparation of fish; and

(d)in relation to an egg establishment and a charge period — the first day in the charge period on which the egg establishment is registered for operations associated with the preparation of eggs and egg products.

[3] Regulation 3, definition of charge period, paragraph (b)

omit

2009.

insert

2009; and

[4] Regulation 3, definition of charge period, after paragraph (b)

insert

(c)in relation to a fish establishment — means:

(i)for a financial year that had not ended when this paragraph commences — the period commencing on 1 January 2012 and ending at the end of that financial year; and

(ii)a financial year commencing on or after 1 January 2012; and

(d)in relation to an egg establishment — means:

(i)for a financial year that had not ended when this paragraph commences — the period commencing on 1 January 2012 and ending at the end of that financial year; and

(ii)a financial year commencing on or after 1 January 2012.

[5] Regulation 3, after definition of dressing

insert

egg has the same meaning as in the Export Control (Eggs and Egg Products) Orders 2005.

egg establishment means an establishment that is registered for any operations associated with the preparation of eggs and egg products for export.

egg product has the same meaning as in the Export Control (Eggs and Egg Products) Orders 2005.

eggs and egg products has the same meaning as in the Export Control (Eggs and Egg Products) Orders 2005.

[6] Paragraph 4 (1) (j)

omit

products.

insert

products;

[7] After paragraph 4 (1) (j)

insert

(k)eggs;

(l)egg products.

[8] Regulation 6

substitute

Rates of charge — fish establishment

(1)For section 7 of the Act, this regulation sets out the rate of charge for the registration of a fish establishment for a charge period.

(2)If the charge day for the establishment in the charge period is 1 July, the rate is the rate mentioned in Schedule 1 that applies to the establishment.

(3)If the charge day for the establishment in the charge period is not 1 July, the rate is worked out using the formula:

where:

annual rate means the rate mentioned in Schedule 1 that applies to the establishment.

charging days — see regulation 3.

[9] After regulation 9

insert

Rates of charge — egg establishment

(1)For section 7 of the Act, this regulation sets out the rate of charge for the registration of an egg establishment for a charge period.

(2)If the charge day for the establishment in the charge period is 1 July, the rate is $1 835.

(3)If the charge day for the establishment in the charge period is not 1 July, the rate is worked out using the formula:

where:

annual rate means $1 835.

charging days — see regulation 3.

[10] Schedule 1

substitute

Schedule 1 Registration charges for fish establishment

(regulation 6)

Item	Kind of establishment	Rate per charge period ($)
1	A vessel that is registered to prepare fish or fish products that undergo processing at another establishment before export	1 223
2	A land-based establishment that is registered solely for the preparation of live fish for export	1 223
3	A vessel that is registered to prepare fish and fish products for export without the need for processing	2 446
4	A land-based establishment that is: (a) registered to prepare fish or fish products; and (b) not mentioned in item 2 or 5	2 446
5	An establishment that is registered for the storage of fish or fish products for export	1 835

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