Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 4) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 4)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 272

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 6 March 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. 4).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 April 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, before clause 3

insert

2B. Charge is also imposed on a number of animal products to fund national emergency animal disease response (EADR) activities.

[2]Regulation 3, after definition of Customs Charges Act

insert

EADR charge means the charge imposed, under Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, to fund national EADR activities.

[3]Schedule 3, after clause 1

insert

2EADR charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EADR charge is imposed on the export of cattle on which charge is imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 3 to that Act.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to that Act, the rate of EADR charge imposed by this clause is nil.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to that Act, EADR charge imposed on the export of cattle by this clause is payable by the producer of the cattle.

[4]Schedule 4

substitute

Schedule 4Dairy produce

(regulation 5)

1EADR charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EADR charge is imposed on dairy produce on which charge is imposed by clause 2 or 3 of Schedule 4 to that Act.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to that Act, the rate of EADR charge imposed by this clause is nil.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to that Act, EADR charge imposed on dairy produce by this clause is payable by the person who is liable to pay the charge imposed on the dairy produce by clause 2 or 3 of Schedule 4 to that Act.

Note 1 Schedule 6 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 imposes levies on dairy produce.

Note 2 For the rate of NRS levy on dairy produce, see Schedule 3 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.

[5]Schedule 9, after clause 1

insert

2EADR charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EADR charge is imposed on honey on which charge is imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 9 to that Act.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to that Act, the rate of EADR charge imposed by this clause is 0.5 of a cent per kilogram.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to that Act, EADR charge imposed on honey by this clause is payable by the producer of the honey.

[6]Schedule 12, after clause 4

insert

5EADR charge

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EADR charge is imposed on the export of sheep and lambs on which charge is imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 12 to that Act.

2. (2)

   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to that Act, the rate of EADR charge imposed by this clause is nil.

3. (3)

   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to that Act, EADR charge imposed on the export of sheep or lambs by this clause is payable by the producer of the sheep or lambs.

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 Nos. 2, 10 and 13.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette