Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Act 2005 (Cth)

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Act 2005

No. 84, 2005

An Act to amend the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999, and for related purposes

Contents

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Act 2005

No. 84, 2005

An Act to amend the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999, and for related purposes

[Assented to 6 July 2005]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Act 2005.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table	The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.	6 July 2005
2. Schedule 1	A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.	1 January 2006 (see F2005L03468)

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

1. (2)

   Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

1. 1

   Clause 1 of Schedule 23 (definition of leviable rice)

   Repeal the definition, substitute:

   leviable rice means rice of a variety that is specified by the regulations as leviable rice for the purposes of this Schedule.

2

Subclause 3(1) of Schedule 23

Omit all the words from and including “specified by” to and including “the Gazette”, substitute “specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subclause”.

3

Subclause 3(2) of Schedule 23

Omit “instrument”, substitute “regulations”.

4

Subclause 3(2) of Schedule 23

Omit “$2.00”, substitute “$3.00”.

5

Subclause 3(3) of Schedule 23

Omit “instrument”, substitute “regulations”.

6

Subclause 3(5) of Schedule 23

Omit “Minister”, substitute “regulations”.

7

Subclause 3(5) of Schedule 23

After “rate is recommended”, insert “to the Minister”.

8

Subclause 3(7) of Schedule 23

Omit “Minister has” (wherever occurring), substitute “regulations have”.

9

Subclause 3(9) of Schedule 23

Repeal the subclause.

10

Clauses 5 and 8 of Schedule 23

Repeal the clauses.

11

Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule apply to leviable rice that is:

1. (a)

   produced in Australia (whether before or after the commencement of this Schedule); and

2. (b)

   delivered to a processor after the commencement of this Schedule.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 10 March 2005

Senate on 14 June 2005]

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