Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1) (Cth)

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 422

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 23 March 2004

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 2004 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 April 2004.

3Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

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

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]Schedule 15, clause 4.5

omit

the Australian Avocado Growers’ Federation Inc.

insert

Avocados Australia Limited (ABN 95 810 689 086).

[2]Schedule 15, clauses 15.3 and 15.4

substitute

15.3Rates of levy — marketing component

For subclause 4 (1) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, the following rates of levy are prescribed:

1. (a)

   for stone fruit packed in standard trays — 2.25 cents per standard tray;

2. (b)

   for stone fruit packed in standard boxes — 4.5 cents per standard box;

3. (c)

   for bulk stone fruit of more than 10 kilograms — $4.50 per tonne of stone fruit.

Note Bulk stone fruit, standard box and standard tray are defined for stone fruit in clause 15.2 of Part 15 of Schedule 22 to the Collection Regulations.

15.4Rates of levy — research and development component

For subclause 4 (3) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, the following rates of levy are prescribed:

1. (a)

   for stone fruit packed in standard trays — 2.75 cents per standard tray;

2. (b)

   for stone fruit packed in standard boxes — 5.5 cents per standard box;

3. (c)

   for bulk stone fruit of more than 10 kilograms — $5.50 per tonne of stone fruit.

Note 1 Bulk stone fruit, standard box and standard tray are defined for stone fruit in clause 15.2 of Part 15 of Schedule 22 to the Collection Regulations.

Note 2 For the rate of NRS excise levy on stone fruit, see clause 8 of Schedule 9 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.

[3]Schedule 15, clause 15.5

omit

the Summerfruit Australia Inc (ABN 95 389 475 289).

insert

Summerfruit Australia Limited (ABN 51 105 962 196).

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, 221, 225, 288, 304, 326, 328 and 333.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette