Imported Food Control Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1996

No. 194 1

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Imported Food Control 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 Imported Food Control Act 1992.

Dated 28 August 1996.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN ANDERSON

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 September 1996.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Imported Food Control Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Schedule 2, Part 1 (Fees for services performed during ordinary hours of duty)

3.1   Item 1:

Omit the item, substitute:

“1. Inspection of food, including time spent: (a) arranging for a person to analyse the food; and (b) making a documentary import entry For each officer performing the service whose services are required: (a) for all of his or her ordinary hours of duty in a day—$637 for each day; or (b) for less than all of his or her ordinary hours of duty in a day: (i) $72 for the first half hour, or part of a half hour, of his or her service; and (ii) after the first half hour, $36 for each subsequent quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, of his or her service”.

3.2   Item 2, column 3:

Omit “$25.00”, substitute “$30.00”.

3.3   Item 3, column 3:

Omit “$25.00”, substitute “$30.00”.

3.4   Items 4 and 5:

Omit the items, substitute:

“4.	Supervision of the treatment, destruction or re‑exportation of food under the Scheme	For each officer performing the service: (a) $72 for the first half hour, or part of a half hour, of his or her service; and (b) after the first half hour, $36 for each subsequent quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, of his or her service
“5.	Making an import entry	For an entry under the system known as the AQIS Import Management System—$6.00   For an entry of any other kind—$12.00”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 August 1996.

2. Statutory Rules 1993 No. 100 as amended by 1995 Nos. 172 and 269.