Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 205

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 23 November 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

MIKE KELLY

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 January 2012.

Amendment of Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000

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

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 10, before clause 14.1

insert

Division 14.1 Product charge

[2] Schedule 10, clause 14.4

omit

49

insert

48

[3] Schedule 10, clause 14.4A

omit

[4] Schedule 10, after clause 14.5

insert

Division 14.2 Special purpose charges

[5] Schedule 10, before Part 15

insert

14.6PHA charge

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

For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on unprocessed potatoes is 2 cents per tonne of unprocessed potatoes.

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

14.7EPPR charge

For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge is imposed on unprocessed potatoes on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 of the Customs Charges Act.

For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of EPPR charge on unprocessed potatoes is nil.

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

Note In relation to EPPR charge, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.

[6] Schedule 10, before clause 17.1

insert

Division 17.1 Product charge

[7] Schedule 10, clause 17.5

omit

0.4925%

insert

0.485%

[8] Schedule 10, clause 17.5A

omit

[9] Schedule 10, after clause 17.6

insert

Division 17.2 Special purpose charges

[10] Schedule 10, before Part 18

insert

17.7PHA charge

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

For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on vegetables is 0.0150% of the free on board value of the vegetables immediately before export.

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

17.8EPPR levy

For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge is imposed on vegetables on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.

For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of EPPR charge on vegetables is nil.

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

Note In relation to EPPR charge, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.

Note

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