Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 5) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 5)1

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 3202

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

Dated 1 December 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

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 (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 5).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 January 2001.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999.

Schedule 1Amendments

  

(regulation 3)

[1]Schedule 3, subclause 2 (1)

omit

$1.95

insert

$2.27

[2]Schedule 3, subclause 2 (2)

omit

$0.93

insert

$0.61

[3]Schedule 16

substitute

Schedule 16Laying chickens

(regulation 5)

1Rate of levy

• (1)

  For paragraph 4 (a) of Schedule 16 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount is 7.2 cents per laying chicken.

Note   The levy mentioned in subclause (1) is attached to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation — see section 6 of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 and regulation 20 of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Regulations 2000.

 (2)For paragraph 4 (b) of Schedule 16 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount is 0.27 cents per laying chicken.

Note 1   The levy mentioned in subclause (2) is to fund the Australian Animal Health Council Limited.

Note 2 For the rate of NRS excise levy on laying chickens, see Schedule 10 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.

[4]Schedule 19

substitute

Schedule 19Meat chickens

(regulation 5)

1Rate of levy

• (1)

  For paragraph 3 (a) of Schedule 19 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount is 0.195 cents per meat chicken.

Note   The levy mentioned in subclause (1) is attached to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation — see section 6 of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 and regulation 23 of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Regulations 2000.

• (2)

  For paragraph 3 (b) of Schedule 19 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount is 0.0194 cents per meat chicken.

Note 1   The levy mentioned in subclause (2) is to fund the Australian Animal Health Council.

Note 2 For the rate of NRS excise levy on meat chickens, see Schedule 12 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.

[5]After Schedule 26

insert

Schedule 27Other levies

(regulation 5)

Part 1Kangaroos

1.1Definitions

 In this Part:

kangaroo means a kangaroo that has been killed in its habitat by a shot from a firearm.

1.2Imposition of levy

 Levy is imposed on the processing at a processing establishment of kangaroos intended for human consumption, if the processing occurs after the commencement of this Part.

Note 1   The levy mentioned in clause 2 is attached to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation — see section 6 of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 and regulation 17 of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Regulations 2000.

Note 2   For the operative rate of NRS excise levy on kangaroos, see regulation 61 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998.

1.3Rate of levy

 The rate of levy imposed by this Part on the processing of kangaroos is 3.5 cents per carcase.

1.4Who pays the levy

 Levy imposed by this Part on the processing of kangaroos is payable by the producer of the kangaroos.

Note Producer is defined for kangaroos in clause 1.4 of Part 1 of Schedule 37 to the Collection Regulations.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 302, as amended by 2000 Nos. 132, 176, 237 (as amended by 2000 No. 265) and 265.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette