| C2004C05781 | OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 26 of 1991]
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- Reprinted as at 31 July 1984 *1* The Oilseeds Levy Collection and Research Act 1977 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 113, 1977 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, saving Number Date Date of or transitional Act and year of Assent commencement provisions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oilseeds Levy Collection and Research Act 1977 113, 1977 28 Oct 1977 1 Nov 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1977, No. S234, p. 1) Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982 80, 1982 22 Sept 1982 Part LXXVII (s. 280): Royal Assent(a) S. 280 (2) and (3) Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983 39, 1983 20 June 1983 S. 3: 18 July 1983(b) S. 7 (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) The Oilseeds Levy Collection and Research Act 1977 was amended by Part LXXVII (section 280) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, sub-section 2 (1) of which provides that Part LXXVII shall come into operation on Royal Assent. (b) The Oilseeds Levy Collection and Research Act 1977 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, sub-section 2 (1) of which provides as follows: "(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent." Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision affected How affected ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S. 7 . . . . . . . . am. No. 39, 1983 Ss. 15, 16 . . . . . am. No. 80, 1982 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Act to bind Crown
PART II-COLLECTION OF LEVY
5. Time for payment of levy
6. Liability of purchaser or receiver
7. Penalty for non-payment
8. Recovery of levy
9. Refund of levy
PART III-OILSEEDS RESEARCH TRUST ACCOUNT
10. Oilseeds Research Trust Account
11. Moneys to be paid into the Research Account
12. Application of the Research Account
13. Agreement for carrying out of research
14. Oilseeds Research Committee
15. Constitution of Committee
16. Chairman of the Committee
17. Deputy members
18. Remuneration and allowances
19. Termination of office of member or deputy member
20. Resignation of member or deputy member
21. Meetings of Committee
22. Appointment of advisors
PART IV-MISCELLANEOUS
23. Power to call for returns
24. Access to premises
25. Offences in relation to returns, &c.
26. Averments
27. Appointment of authorized persons
28. Annual report
29. Regulations
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act to provide for the collection of levy imposed by the Oilseeds Levy Act
1977 and to establish an Oilseeds Research Trust Account
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - PART I
PART I-PRELIMINARY
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 1
Short title
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Oilseeds Levy Collection and Research Act
1977.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 2
Commencement
SECT
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Oilseeds Levy
Act 1977 comes into operation.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 3
Interpretation
SECT
3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
"authorized person" means a person who is, by virtue of an appointment under
section 27, an authorized person for the purposes of the provision in which
the expression occurs;
"Committee" means the Oilseeds Research Committee established by this Act;
"deputy member" means a person appointed under section 17 as the deputy of a
member;
"Levy Act" means the Oilseeds Levy Act 1977;
"member" means a member of the Committee;
"month" means a month of the year;
"research" means scientific, technical or economic research in connexion
with leviable oilseeds or products derived from leviable oilseeds, and
includes-
(a) the training of persons for the purpose of any such research;
(b) the publication of reports, periodicals, books and papers in
connexion with such research;
(c) the dissemination of information and advice in connexion with
scientific, technical or economic matters related to the production,
distribution, marketing or use of leviable oilseeds or products derived from
leviable oilseeds; and
(d) any matter incidental to a matter referred to in this definition;
"Research Account" means the Oilseeds Research Trust Account established by
this Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Act-
(a) a person is the purchaser of leviable oilseeds if he is liable to pay
the grower of the oilseeds for the oilseeds; and
(b) a person is the receiver of leviable oilseeds if the oilseeds are
delivered to him by the grower of the oilseeds and no person is liable to pay
the grower for the oilseeds.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 4
Act to bind Crown
SECT
4. This Act binds the Crown in right of a State.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - PART II
PART II-COLLECTION OF LEVY
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 5
Time for payment of levy
SECT
5. Levy on leviable oilseeds is due and payable upon the expiration of 28
days, or such longer period as is from time to time prescribed, after the last
day of-
(a) in the case of leviable oilseeds delivered by the grower of the
oilseeds to another person-the month in which they were so delivered or, if
the weight of leviable oilseeds of all kinds delivered to that person by
growers in the levy year in which that month occurs reaches the exempt weight
in a later month, that later month; or
(b) in the case of leviable oilseeds processed by the grower of the
oilseeds-the month in which the oilseeds were so processed.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 6
Liability of purchaser or receiver
SECT
6. (1) For the better securing of the payment of levy, the purchaser or
receiver of any leviable oilseeds (being a purchaser or receiver in Australia)
is liable to pay to the Commonwealth, on behalf of the grower, an amount equal
to any levy on the leviable oilseeds that has become payable by the grower
that has not been paid to, or recovered by, the Commonwealth.
(2) Notwithstanding any law of a State or Territory or any agreement to the
contrary, the purchaser of any leviable oilseeds may, for the purpose of
providing the purchaser with the funds necessary for the due payment by the
purchaser, on behalf of the grower, of an amount (in this sub-section referred
to as the "amount of the purchaser's liability") that may become payable by
the purchaser under sub-section (1) in respect of levy payable on those
leviable oilseeds, deduct from the amount payable by the purchaser for those
leviable oilseeds an amount equal to the amount of, or the amount that may
reasonably be expected to be the amount of, the purchaser's liability and, if
the amount is so deducted, the grower is, upon that levy becoming payable,
discharged from liability to pay that levy to the extent of the amount so
deducted, but the liability of the purchaser under sub-section (1) is not
affected.
(3) Where, under sub-section (1), an amount in respect of levy payable by
the grower of any leviable oilseeds is paid on behalf of the grower by, or is
recovered by the Commonwealth from, the purchaser-
(a) the grower is, to the extent of the amount so paid or recovered,
discharged from so much of his liability to the Commonwealth to pay that levy
as has not previously been discharged by virtue of sub-section (2); and
(b) the purchaser may recover from the grower, by set-off or otherwise, an
amount equal to the amount so paid by, or recovered from, the purchaser in
respect of that levy to the extent that that amount exceeds the amount of
moneys (if any) with which the purchaser has been provided for the purpose of
providing the purchaser with funds for the payment by the purchaser, on behalf
of the grower, of an amount in respect of the levy.
(4) Where, under sub-section (1), an amount in respect of levy payable by
the grower of any leviable oilseeds is paid on behalf of the grower by, or is
recovered by the Commonwealth from, the receiver of the oilseeds-
(a) the grower is discharged from liability to pay that levy to the extent
of the amount so paid or recovered; and
(b) subject to any agreement between the receiver and the grower, the
receiver may recover from the grower an amount equal to the amount so paid by,
or recovered from, the receiver.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 7
Penalty for non-payment
SECT
7. (1) Where the liability of the grower of any leviable oilseeds to pay
levy is not discharged at or before the time when that levy is due and
payable, there is payable to the Commonwealth by way of penalty, in addition
to that levy, an amount calculated at the rate of 20% per annum upon that levy
or upon that part of that levy from time to time remaining unpaid, to be
computed from the time when that levy became payable.
(2) A penalty under sub-section (1) is payable-
(a) where the penalty relates to levy in respect of leviable oilseeds
delivered by the grower of the oilseeds to another person-by that other
person; or
(b) where the penalty relates to levy in respect of leviable oilseeds
processed by the grower of the oilseeds-by the grower.
(3) Where-
(a) the purchaser of any leviable oilseeds has, in pursuance of sub-section
6 (2), made a deduction in respect of levy payable on the oilseeds from an
amount payable by the purchaser for those oilseeds; and
(b) the purchaser has not, at or before the time when, under section 5, the
levy becomes due and payable by the grower, paid to the Commonwealth, on
behalf of the grower, the whole or any part of the amount so deducted,
there is payable by the purchaser to the Commonwealth by way of penalty, in
addition to the amount payable by the purchaser to the Commonwealth under
sub-section 6 (1), an amount calculated at the rate of 20% per annum upon the
amount of the deduction, or so much of that amount as has not been paid to the
Commonwealth, to be computed from the time when the levy became due and
payable.
(4) The Minister or an authorized person may, in a particular case, for
reasons that the Minister or the authorized person, as the case may be, in his
discretion thinks sufficient remit the whole or a part of an amount payable
under this section.
(5) A remission granted under sub-section (4) by an authorized person shall
not exceed $100.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 8
Recovery of levy
SECT
8. The following amounts shall be deemed to be debts due to the
Commonwealth:
(a) levy that is payable;
(b) an amount that is payable to the Commonwealth under sub-section 6 (1);
and
(c) an amount that is payable by way of penalty under section 7.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 9
Refund of levy
SECT
9. (1) Where any levy or penalty under section 7 has been overpaid, the
amount overpaid shall be refunded by the Commonwealth.
(2) Where-
(a) an amount is to be refunded by the Commonwealth in accordance with
sub-section (1) of this section; and
(b) that amount has been taken into account in calculating an amount to be
paid into the Research Account under paragraph 11 (1) (a),
the amount of the refund shall be paid from the Research Account.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - PART III
PART III-OILSEEDS RESEARCH TRUST ACCOUNT
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 10
Oilseeds Research Trust Account
SECT
10. (1) An account is hereby established to be known as the Oilseeds
Research Trust Account.
(2) The Research Account is a Trust Account for the purposes of section 62A
of the Audit Act 1901.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 11
Moneys to be paid into the Research Account
SECT
11. (1) There shall be paid into the Research Account-
(a) amounts equal to the amounts from time to time received by the
Commonwealth-
(i) as levy;
(ii) in discharge of the liability of a person under sub-section 6 (1);
and
(iii) as penalty under section 7;
(b) subject to sub-section (2), amounts equal to one-half of the amounts
from time to time payable out of the Research Account in accordance with this
Act;
(c) moneys paid by any person to the Commonwealth for the purposes of the
Research Account;
(d) moneys received by the Commonwealth from the sale of any land or goods
bought or produced, or in respect of work paid for, out of moneys paid out of
the Research Account; and
(e) interest from the investment of moneys standing to the credit of the
Research Account.
(2) The sum of the amounts paid into the Research Account by virtue of
paragraph (1) (b) shall not exceed the sum of the amounts paid into the
Research Account by virtue of paragraph (1) (a) (other than amounts related to
amounts received by the Commonwealth by way of penalty) less the amount of any
refunds of levy paid under sub-section 9 (2).
(3) Amounts payable into the Research Account by virtue of paragraph (1) (a)
or (b) are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated
accordingly.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 12
Application of the Research Account
SECT
12. (1) Subject to this section, moneys standing to the credit of the
Research Account may be expended-
(a) with the approval of the Minister, for the purpose of research;
(b) in payment of the expenses incurred by the Committee in the performance
of its functions;
(c) in payment of remuneration, expenses and allowances payable to a
member, or a deputy member, under section 18; and
(d) in payment of fees, expenses and allowances payable to persons
appointed under section 22.
(2) The Minister shall not exercise his power under paragraph (1) (a) to
approve the expenditure of moneys from the Research Account unless-
(a) the Committee has recommended the expenditure of those moneys; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that any research to be undertaken as a
result of the payment is not to be undertaken by the Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research Organization, the Department of Primary Industry
through the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, a Department of Agriculture of a
State or a university in Australia or, if it is to be so undertaken, is to be
so undertaken only by reason of the payment.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 13
Agreement for carrying out of research
SECT
13. (1) The Minister, or an officer of the Australian Public Service for the
time being authorized by the Minister, in writing, to act under this section,
may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into agreements for the purposes of,
or for purposes in connexion with, any research to be done or performed with
moneys provided in whole or in part out of the Research Account.
(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), an agreement made
with a person under that sub-section in relation to moneys provided out of the
Research Account may-
(a) provide for the moneys to which the agreement relates and any property
acquired with those moneys or with moneys that include those moneys to be used
only for purposes specified in the agreement and for the payment by the person
to the Commonwealth for the purpose of the Research Account, in the event of
any of those moneys or any of that property being used for a purpose not
specified in the agreement, of an amount equal to the whole, or such part as
the Minister determines, of those moneys;
(b) provide for the payment by the person to the Commonwealth for the
purposes of the Research Account of an amount equal to the whole, or such part
as the Minister determines, of any net income derived by the person from-
(i) property acquired with moneys to which the agreement relates or
with moneys that include those moneys; or
(ii) patents for inventions made, or any other property acquired, in the
course of carrying out research or doing any other act or thing with those
moneys or with moneys that include those moneys,
or for the assignment by the person to the Commonwealth of any property
referred to in sub-paragraph (i), of any patents for inventions or other
property referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) or of any such invention or any
interest that he may have in any such invention; and
(c) provide for the payment by the person to the Commonwealth for the
purposes of the Research Account, in the event of the disposal otherwise than
to the Commonwealth of any property of a kind referred to in paragraph (b), of
an amount equal to the whole, or such part as the Minister determines-
(i) in the case of a disposal by way of a sale or assignment for
value-of the net proceeds of the sale or assignments; and
(ii) in any other case-of the value of the property as determined by the
Minister.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 14
Oilseeds Research Committee
SECT
14. (1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be an Oilseeds Research
Committee.
(2) The function of the Committee is to make recommendations to the Minister
with respect to the expenditure of moneys standing to the credit of the
Research Account.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 15
Constitution of Committee
SECT
15. (1) The Committee shall consist of-
(a) one member to represent the oilseed growers of New South Wales;
(b) one member to represent the oilseed growers of Victoria;
(c) one member to represent the oilseed growers of Queensland;
(d) one member to represent the oilseed growers of South Australia;
(e) one member to represent the oilseed growers of Western Australia;
(f) one member to represent the organization known as the Australian
Agricultural Council;
(g) one member to represent the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization;
(h) one member to represent Australian universities; and
(j) one member to represent the Department.
(2) The members shall be appointed by the Minister.
(3) A member referred to in paragraphs (1) (a) to (e) (inclusive) shall be
appointed on the nomination of the growers' organizations.
(4) A member referrred to in paragraphs (1) (f) to (j) (inclusive) shall be
appointed on the nomination of the organization or of the organizations, as
the case may be, that he is to represent.
(5) A member holds office, subject to this Act, for such period, not
exceeding 3 years, as the Minister specifies in the instrument of his
appointment, but is eligible for re-appointment.
(6) The appointment of a member is not invalidated and shall not be called
in question by reason of a defect or irregularity in connexion with his
nomination.
(7) The exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the
Committee is not invalidated by reason only of there being a vacancy or
vacancies in the membership of the Committee.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 16
Chairman of the Committee
SECT
16. The member representing the Department shall be the Chairman of the
Committee.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 17
Deputy members
SECT
17. (1) A member may, with the approval of the Minister, appoint a person to
be his deputy.
(2) A member may revoke the appointment of a person as his deputy, but the
revocation is not effective until the member has given notice of it in writing
to the Minister.
(3) The deputy of a member is entitled in the event of the absence of the
member from a meeting of the Committee to attend that meeting and, when so
attending, shall be deemed to be a member and, if he is the deputy of the
Chairman of the Committee, shall be deemed to be the Chairman.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 18
Remuneration and allowances
SECT
18. (1) Subject to this section, a member or a deputy member shall be paid
such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal, but, if no
determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, he shall
be paid such remuneration as is prescribed.
(2) Subject to this section, a member and a deputy member shall be paid such
allowances as are prescribed.
(3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) do not apply to a member referred to in
paragraph 15 (1) (g) or (j) or to the deputy of such a member.
(4) If a member or a deputy member is also a member of, or a candidate for
election to, the Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State, he shall not be
paid any remuneration under sub-section (1) or allowances under sub-section
(2) but shall be reimbursed such expenses as he reasonably incurs in respect
of his holding his office of member or deputy member.
(5) This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 19
Termination of office of member or deputy member
SECT
19. (1) The Minister may terminate the appointment of a member or deputy
member by reason of the misbehaviour, incompetence or the physical or mental
incapacity of the member or deputy member.
(2) The Minister may, at the request of the organization or organizations
that a member represents, terminate the appointment of that person as a
member.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 20
Resignation of member or deputy member
SECT
20. A member or a deputy member may resign his office by writing under his
hand delivered to the Minister.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 21
Meetings of Committee
SECT
21. (1) The Committee shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the
performance of its functions.
(2) At a meeting of the Committee the Chairman and 4 other members
constitute a quorum.
(3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Committee.
(4) Questions arising at a meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a
majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
(5) The Chairman has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of
votes, also has a casting vote.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 22
Appointment of advisors
SECT
22. (1) The Minister, or an officer of the Australian Public Service for the
time being authorized by the Minister, in writing, to act under this section,
may, upon the recommendation of the Committee, appoint persons to advise the
Committee in relation to any purpose in respect of which moneys may be
expended from the Research Account.
(2) A person appointed under sub-section (1) shall be paid fees, expenses
and allowances at such rates as are approved by the Minister.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - PART IV
PART IV-MISCELLANEOUS
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 23
Power to call for returns
SECT
23. An authorized person may, by notice in writing, require a person to
furnish to him, within the time specified in the notice, such return or
information in relation to matters relevant to the operation of this Act as is
specified in the notice, including a return or information verified by
statutory declaration.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 24
Access to premises
SECT
24. (1) An authorized person may, with the consent of the occupier of any
premises, enter the premises for the purpose of exercising the functions of an
authorized person under this section.
(2) Where an authorized person has reason to believe that-
(a) premises are premises at which leviable oilseeds are produced, stored
or processed; or
(b) there are on premises examinable documents,
the authorized person may make application to a Justice of the Peace for a
warrant authorizing the authorized person to enter the premises for the
purpose of exercising the functions of an authorized person under this
section.
(3) If, on an application under sub-section (2), the Justice of the Peace is
satisfied, by information on oath or affirmation-
(a) that there is reasonable ground for believing that-
(i) the premises to which the application relates are premises at which
leviable oilseeds are produced, stored or processed; or
(ii) there are on those premises any examinable documents; and
(b) that the issue of the warrant is reasonably required for the purposes
of this Act,
the Justice of the Peace may grant a warrant authorizing the authorized
person, with such assistance as he thinks necessary, to enter the premises,
during such hours of the day or night as the warrant specifies or, if the
warrant so specifies, at any time, if necessary by force, for the purpose of
exercising the functions of an authorized person under this section.
(4) Where an authorized person has entered any premises in pursuance of
sub-section (1) or in pursuance of a warrant granted under sub-section (3), he
may exercise the functions of an authorized person under this section.
(5) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder an
authorized person acting in pursuance of sub-section (1) or in pursuance of a
warrant granted under sub-section (3).
Penalty: $1,000.
(6) The functions of an authorized person under this section are-
(a) to search for, examine and take stock of any leviable oilseeds; and
(b) to search for, inspect, take extracts from and make copies of any
examinable documents.
(7) In this section, "examinable documents" means-
(a) any books, documents or papers relating to financial dealings between
persons who deliver leviable oilseeds and persons to whom leviable oilseeds
are delivered; or
(b) any books, documents or papers relating to the production storage,
processing, sale, purchase or export of leviable oilseeds.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 25
Offences in relation to returns, &c.
SECT
25. (1) A person shall not fail or neglect duly to furnish a return or
information that he is required under this Act or the regulations to furnish.
(2) A person shall not present to an officer or other person doing duty in
relation to this Act or the regulations an account, book or document, or make
or furnish to such an officer or person a statement or return, that is false
or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $200.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 26
Averments
SECT
26. In proceedings for the recovery of a debt referred to in section 8, a
statement or averment in the complaint, claim or declaration of the plaintiff
is prima facie evidence of the matter so stated or averred.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 27
Appointment of authorized persons
SECT
27. The Minister may, by writing signed by him, appoint a person, or persons
included in a class of persons, to be an authorized person or authorized
persons, as the case may be, for the purposes of a specified provision of this
Act.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 28
Annual report
SECT
28. (1) The Committee shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each
year, prepare and furnish to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament
a report of its operation during the 12 months ending on that date.
(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished to him under
sub-section (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15
sitting days of that House after he has received the report.
OILSEEDS LEVY COLLECTION AND RESEARCH ACT 1977 - SECT 29
Regulations
SECT
29. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be
prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act or for facilitating the collection or recovery of
amounts of levy or penalty and, in particular-
(a) providing for the manner of payment of levy;
(b) requiring the keeping of records in respect of leviable oilseeds by
purchasers and receivers of leviable oilseeds, by growers of leviable oilseeds
who process or export leviable oilseeds and by such other persons as are
prescribed;
(c) requiring purchasers and receivers of leviable oilseeds, growers of
leviable oilseeds who process or export leviable oilseeds and such other
persons as are prescribed to furnish returns for the purposes of this Act;
and
(d) prescribing penalties not exceeding a fine of $200 for offences against
the regulations.
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