Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 13) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 13)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 2252

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 (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

Dated 27 August 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

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 2003 (No. 13).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 October 2003.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

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

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 13, clause 1

substitute

1Standard amount

For subclause 5 (2) of Schedule 13 to the Excise Levies Act, the standard amount is 198.4 cents.

2PHA levy

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy is imposed on prescribed goods on which levy is imposed by Schedule 13 to the Excise Levies Act.

2. (2)

   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of PHA levy on prescribed goods is:

   1. (a)

      in the case of fresh grapes — 1.6 cents per tonne of the grapes; and

   2. (b)

      in any other case — 1.6 cents per tonne of the fresh grape equivalent of the prescribed goods.

3. (3)

   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy on prescribed goods is payable by the producer of the prescribed goods.

[2]Schedule 26, clause 3

omit

$3.

insert

297.6 cents.

[3]Schedule 26, after clause 4

insert

5PHA levy

1. (1)

   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy is imposed on prescribed goods on which levy is imposed by Schedule 26 to the Excise Levies Act.

2. (2)

   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of PHA levy on prescribed goods is:

   1. (a)

      in the case of fresh grapes — 2.4 cents per tonne of the grapes; and

   2. (b)

      in any other case — 2.4 cents per tonne of the fresh grape equivalent of the prescribed goods.

3. (3)

   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy on prescribed goods used at a winery during a year in the manufacture of wine is payable by the producer.

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, 294, 307 and 324; 2003 Nos. 3, 11, 14, 28, 80, 113, 136, 139, 142, 145, 216 and 221.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette