Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 8) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 8)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 2202

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 August 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

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 2003 (No. 8).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 October 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, clause 5A

omit

wool and farmed prawns,

insert

other primary industry products,

[2]Reader’s Guide, clause 9A

omit

kangaroos, wool and farmed prawns,

insert

other primary industry products,

[3]Schedule 14, after Part 4

insert

Part 5Wheat

5.1Imposition of charge

For subclause 2 (1) of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, charge is imposed on wheat produced in Australia if, after the commencement of this Part, the wheat is exported from Australia.

5.2Rate of charge

For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of charge is 22 cents per tonne of wheat.

Note The purpose of this charge is to fund the operations of the Wheat Export Authority.

5.3Who pays the charge

For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, charge imposed by this Part on wheat is payable by the producer of the wheat.

Note Producer is defined for chargeable wheat in clause 2.4 of Schedule 34 to the Collection Regulations.

5.4What bodies must a designated body consult

For subclause 13 (4) of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the Wheat Export Authority, being the Authority mentioned in section 4 of the Wheat Marketing Act 1989, is specified.

5.5Cessation of effect of Part

This Part ceases to have effect at the end of 30 June 2006.

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, 13, 27, 79, 138 and 141.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette