Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1994

No. 42 1

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Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) 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 (Quantity Charge) Act 1985.

Dated 4 March 1994.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

BOB COLLINS

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

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1.   Commencement

1.1   Regulations 3 and 4 are taken to have commenced on 9 November 1993.

[NOTE:

 The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

3.1   Regulation 2 (definition of “forward contract”):

Omit the definition.

3.2   Insert:

“‘certification assurance arrangement’ means an arrangement between the Department and a person who prepares a prescribed commodity for export, under which:

• (a)

  the person implements a system of preparation that is of a standard agreed between the person and the Department; and

• (b)

  the Department monitors the implementation of the system;”.

4.   Schedule (Rates of Charge)

4.1   Items 19 and 20:

Omit the items, substitute:

“19	Grain that: (a) is shipped for export in bulk other than in a container system unit; and (b) is not prepared for export under a system subject to a certification assurance arrangement;	$0.38 a tonne
20	Grain that: (a) is shipped for export in bulk other than in a container system unit; and (b) is prepared for export under a system subject to a certification assurance arrangement;	$0.09 a tonne”.

4.2   Item 21:

Omit “, being grain exported under a forward contract”.

4.3   Item 22:

Omit the item.

4.4   Item 23:

Omit “, being grain exported under a forward contract”.

4.5   Item 24:

Omit the item.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 March 1994.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 144 as amended by 1985 Nos. 258 and 360; 1986 Nos. 251 and 350; 1987 Nos. 251 and 295; 1988 Nos. 140 and 242; 1989 Nos. 136 and 255; 1990 Nos. 305 and 419; 1991 No. 176; 1992 No. 250.