Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 6) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 6)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 1922

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 22 August 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. 6).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 October 2002.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

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

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 15, after Part 19

insert

Part 20Table grapes

20.1Table grapes are leviable horticultural products

For the definition of leviable horticultural products in clause 1 of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, table grapes are leviable horticultural products.

Note 1 Table grapes is defined in clause 20.2 of Schedule 22 to the Collection Regulations.

20.2What table grapes are exempt from levy

For paragraph 2 (4) (b) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, table grapes sold by a producer by retail sale in a levy year are exempt from levy if the total quantity of table grapes sold by the producer by retail sale in the levy year is not more than 5 000 kilograms.

20.3Rate of levy — marketing component

For subclause 4 (1) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of levy is 0.5 cents per kilogram of table grapes.

Note Subclause 2 (3) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act provides that levy is not imposed by that Schedule on leviable horticultural products that are exported from Australia.

20.4Rate of levy — research and development component

For subclause 4 (3) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of levy is 0.5 cents per kilogram of table grapes.

Note 1 Subclause 2 (3) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act provides that levy is not imposed by that Schedule on leviable horticultural products that are exported from Australia.

Note 2 For the rate of NRS levy on table grapes, see clause 7 of Schedule 9 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998 and Division 6 of Part 11 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998.

20.5What is the eligible industry body for table grapes

For subclauses 6 (7), (8) and (10) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, the eligible industry body for table grapes is the Australian Table Grape Association Inc. (ABN 69 953 034 946).

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 and 155.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette