Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 6) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 6)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 2932

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999.

Dated 27 November 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 6).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 January 2003.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 14

insert at the end

Part 4Sugar

4.1Definition for Part 4

In this Part:

retail-packaged sugar means sugar that has been prepared and packaged so as to be able to be sold by retail sale without any further preparation or packaging.

4.2Imposition of charge

For subclause 2 (1) of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, charge is imposed on retail-packaged sugar imported into Australia after the commencement of this Part.

Note The purpose of this charge is to fund the Commonwealth Government’s Sugar Industry Reform Program. A levy is also being imposed under the Excise Levies Act (see Part 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Regulations). It is intended to collect the charge and levy until the financial requirements of the Program (including administrative costs) are met.

4.3Rate of charge

For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of charge is 3 cents per kilogram of retail-packaged sugar.

4.4Who pays the charge

For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, charge imposed by this Part on retail-packaged sugar is payable by the importer of the retail-packaged sugar.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 131, as amended by 2000 Nos. 236 and 344; 2001 Nos. 5, 94, 108, 112, 216 and 233; 2002 Nos. 106, 154, 191, 286 and 289.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette