Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

 

Statutory Rules 1989 No. 4051

Export Inspection (Establishment

Registration Charges) Regulations2

(Amendment)

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

Dated 21 December 1989.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Peter Cook

Minister of State for Resources

Commencement

1. These Regulations commence on the date of commencement of the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Amendment Act 1987.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Regulations.

Citation

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “Charge” and substituting “Charges”.

4. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

(S.R. 434/891— Cat. No. 14/6.12.1989.

 

Interpretation

“3. In these Regulations:

‘prescribed day’, in relation to the registration of an establishment means:

(a) where the establishment is or was first registered on the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth or thirty-first day in a month—the twenty-eighth day in any month; or

(b) where the establishment is or was first registered on any other day in a month—that day in any month;

‘prescribed month’,in relation to the registration of an establishment, means the period:

(a) commencing at the beginning of the prescribed day in a month; and

(b) ending immediately before the beginning of the prescribed day in the next month;

or any part of that period; ‘the Act’ means the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985.”.

Imposition of charge

5. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by adding at the end the following subregulation:

“(2) For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, in relation to the registration of an establishment for any operations associated with the preparation of a prescribed commodity referred to in subregulation (1), the charges are to be imposed in respect of the following periods:

(a) for the year commencing on the day on which the establishment is first registered; and

(b) for each succeeding year during which the establishment is registered; and

(c) on the registration of the establishment for operations in addition to that or those for which the establishment is registered—for the period:

(i) commencing at the beginning of the prescribed month in which the establishment is registered for the additional operations; and

(ii) ending on the anniversary of the first registration of the establishment that first occurs after that prescribed month.

6. Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Rates of charge

“6. For the purposes of section 7 of the Act:

(a) in relation to the registration of an establishment specified in Column 2 of one item in the Schedule, the rate of charge is the rate, per prescribed month, specified in Column 3 of the item; and

(b) in relation to the registration of an establishment specified in Column 2 in more than one item in the Schedule, the rate of charge is the higher or highest of the rates, per prescribed month, specified in Column 3 of any of those items.”.

Schedule

7. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE Regulation 6

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Establishment	Rate per prescribed month
$
1	Land-based establishment registered for operations which include the packing of fish, not being an establishment registered solely for operations associated with the preparation of oysters, live fish or prawns……..……..……..……..……..……..……..	146
2	Land-based establishment registered solely for operations associated with the preparation of prawns, other than an operation referred to in 4 or 8……..……..……..	146
3	Establishment registered for operations associated with the preparation of poultry meat, other than an operation in respect of which an establishment referred to in Item 9 is registered……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..	265
4	Land-based establishment registered solely for operations associated with:
(a) the freezing of prawns:
(b) the freezing and packing of prawns;
(c) the freezing and storing of prawns (whether or not any other kind of prescribed commodity is stored at that establishment);
(d) the freezing, packing and storing of prawns (whether or not any other kind of prescribed commodity is stored at that establishment) ……..……..……..……..	73
5	Establishment registered solely for operations associated with the preparation of oysters, being operations which include the freezing of oysters……..……..……..	73
6	Land-based establishment registered for operations associated with the freezing of fish, other than oysters, not being an establishment registered for operations which include the packing of fish……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..	73
7	Establishment, being a vessel, registered for operations which include the packing of fish, other than live fish……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……	73
8	Land-based establishment registered solely for operations associated with any one or more of the following:
(a) the storage of fish, as a dry store, cool store or cold store, but not for the freezing of fish;

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Establishment	Rate per prescribed month
(b) the handling or loading of fish in containers, being an establishment that is a container depot or container terminal:	$
(c) the handling or loading of fish, being an establishment that is an airline terminal	25
9	Establishment registered for operations associated with the preparation of poultry meat, other than the slaughter or killing of poultry or the dressing of poultry carcases……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..	27
10	Any other establishment or class of establishment, not being a vessel……..………..	25
11	Any other establishment or class of establishment, being a vessel……..……..……..	73

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1989.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 362 as amended by 1986 No. 252; 1987 Nos. 195 and 250; 1988 Nos. 141 and 241; 1989 No. 257.

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