Fish (Export
Inspection Charge) Act 1981
No. 57 of 1981
An Act to impose
a charge upon the inspection of fish for export
[Assented to 12 June 1981]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title
1. This Act may be cited
as the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Act
1981.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on 1 July 1981.
Collection
Act
3. The Fish (Export Inspection Charge)
Collection Act 1981 shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.
Interpretation
4. In this Act, unless the
contrary intention appears—
“charge”
means the charge imposed by this Act;
“exporter”,
in relation to fish inspected for export, means the person (including a State
or an authority of a State) to whom the export permit is issued, under
Regulation 24 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations, in relation to the fish;
“fish”
means fish, whether live, fresh, frozen, canned, dried, cooked or otherwise
processed, or part of any such fish, and includes Crustacea, oysters and other shell fish and all forms of aquatic
animal life other than whales;
“fish
inspected for export” means fish in respect of which an export permit is issued
under Regulation 24 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations.
Imposition
of charge
5. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), a charge is imposed on fish
inspected for export.
(2) Sub-section (1) does not
apply to fish, or fish included in a class of fish, that is exempt from the
charge under the regulations.
Rates
of charge
6. (1) Subject to this section, the rate of charge in respect of fish
is such rate as is applicable under the regulations to the class of fish in
which that fish is included.
(2) For the purposes of
sub-section (1), different rates of charge may be prescribed in respect of
different classes of fish.
(3) The rate of charge in
respect of oysters in the shell or half-shell shall not exceed 15 cents per
dozen.
(4) The rate of charge in
respect of fish, other than oysters in the shell or half-shell, shall not
exceed 30 cents per kilogram.
By
whom charge payable
7. The charge on fish
inspected for export is payable by the exporter of the fish.
Regulations
8. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of
sections 5 and 6.
(2)