Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 102

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 20 February 2003

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JUDITH TROETH

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 March 2003.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000

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

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Reader’s guide, after clause 2

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2A. Charge is also imposed on some plant products to fund the activities of Plant Health Australia Limited.

[2]Regulation 3

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In these Regulations:

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1. (1)

   In these Regulations:

[3]Regulation 3

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PHA has the meaning given by the Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.

PHA charge means the charge imposed, under Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, to fund PHA.

[4]Regulation 3

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1. (2)

   Unless the contrary intention appears, a term that is used in these Regulations in relation to a particular product, and in the Collection Regulations in relation to that product, has the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Collection Regulations.

[5]Schedule 10, paragraph 3.4 (a)

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0.36 cent per kilogram

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0.34 of a cent per kilogram

[6]Schedule 10, paragraph 3.4 (b)

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cent

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of a cent

[7]Schedule 10, after clause 3.4

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3.4APHA charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on apples.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on apples is 0.02 of a cent per kilogram of apples.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on apples is payable by the producer of the apples.

[8]Schedule 10, clause 7.4, except the notes

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7.4Rates of charge — research and development component

For subclause 3 (5) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act, the following rates of charge are prescribed:

1. (a)

   for oranges in bulk — $1.97 per tonne of oranges;

2. (b)

   for oranges not in bulk — 3.94 cents per box;

3. (c)

   for other citrus in bulk — $1.97 per tonne of citrus;

4. (d)

   for other citrus not in bulk — 3.94 cents per box.

[9]Schedule 10, after clause 7.4

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7.4APHA charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on citrus.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on citrus is as follows:

   1. (a)

      for oranges in bulk — 3 cents per tonne of oranges;

   2. (b)

      for oranges not in bulk — 0.06 of a cent per box;

   3. (c)

      for other citrus in bulk — 3 cents per tonne of citrus;

   4. (d)

      for other citrus not in bulk — 0.06 of a cent per box.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on citrus is payable by the producer of the citrus.

[10]Schedule 10, clause 14.4

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50 cents per tonne

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49 cents per tonne

[11]Schedule 10, after clause 14.4

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14.4APHA charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on unprocessed potatoes.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on unprocessed potatoes is 1 cent per tonne of unprocessed potatoes.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on unprocessed potatoes is payable by the producer of the potatoes.

[12]Schedule 10, clause 17.5

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0.5% of the free on board value

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0.4925% of the free on board value

[13]Schedule 10, after clause 17.5

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17.5APHA charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on vegetables to which this Part applies.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on vegetables is 0.0075% of the free on board value of the vegetables immediately before export.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on vegetables is payable by the producer of the vegetables.

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, 289 and 293; 2003 No. 2.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette