Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 11) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 11)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 3072

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 (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

Dated 12 December 2002

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 (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 11).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 February 2003.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

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

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 27, after Part 3

insert

Part 4Eggs

4.1Definitions for Part 4

In this Part:

chicken has the meaning given in clause 1 of Schedule 16 to the Excise Levies Act.

egg means an egg of a laying chicken.

hatchery has the meaning given in clause 1 of Schedule 16 to the Excise Levies Act.

laying chicken has the meaning given in clause 1 of Schedule 16 to the Excise Levies Act.

4.2Imposition of levy

For subclause 2 (1) of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, levy is imposed on eggs that:

1. (a)

   are produced in Australia; and

2. (b)

   are sold by the producer or used by the producer in the production of other goods.

4.3Presumed production in Australia

For subclause 2 (1) of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the number of eggs presumed to be produced in Australia is to be determined by reference to the number of laying chickens bred, or purchased, for use in the commercial production of eggs.

4.4Rate of levy — promotional component

For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of levy is 32.5 cents for each laying chicken bred by a producer, or purchased by a producer, for use in the commercial production of eggs.

4.5Who pays the levy

For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, levy imposed by this Part on eggs is payable by the producer of the eggs.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 302, as amended by 2000 Nos. 132, 176, 237 (as amended by 2000 No. 265), 265, 320 and 345; 2001 Nos. 6, 61, 95, 109, 113, 152, 217, 234, 258 and 260; 2002 Nos. 3, 55, 68, 107, 155, 192, 274, 287, 290 and 294.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette