Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Apple and Pear) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 4031

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Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Apple and Pear) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and having taken into consideration the recommendations made to the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy by the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and the Horticultural Levy Act 1987.

Dated 5 December 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

SIMON CREAN

Minister of State for Primary

Industries and Energy

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1. Commencement

1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 January 1992.

 

2. Amendment

2.1 The Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Apple and Pear) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3. Regulation 7 (How much levy is payable?)

3.1 Omit the regulation, substitute:

How much levy is payable?

“7. In relation to a class of apples or pears specified in an item in the Schedule:

(a) the rate of levy for the purposes of section 8 of the Levy Act is the rate specified in Column 3 of the item; and

(b) the rate of levy for the purposes of section 9 of the Levy Act is the rate specified in Column 4 of the item.”.

4. Schedule (Rates of levy)

4.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:

SCHEDULERegulations 4, 5, 6 and 8

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item No.	Class of apples or pears	Rate for the purposes of section 8 of the Levy Act	Rate for the purposes of section 9 of the Levy Act
1	Apples, other than juicing apples or processing apples	14.4 cents per box	2.6 cents per box
2	Pears, other than nashi, juicing pears, juicing nashi, processing pears or processing nashi	14.4 cents per box	2.6 cents per box
		3	Nashi, other than juicing nashi or processing nashi	36 cents per tray	4 cents per tray
4	Juicing apples	$1.44 per tonne	$0.26 per tonne
5	Juicing pears, other than juicing nashi	$1.44 per tonne	$0.26 per tonne
6	Juicing nashi	$1.44 per tonne	$0.26 per tonne

 

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Columns 3	Column 4
Item No.	Class of apples or pears	Rate for the purposes of section 8 of the Levy Act	Rate for the purposes of section 9 of the Levy Act
7	Processing apples	$2.88 per tonne	$0.52 per tonne
8	Processing pears, other than processing nashi	$2.88 per tonne	$0.52 per tonne
				9	Processing nashi	$2.88 per tonne	$0.52 per tonne

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 December 1991.

2. Statutory Rules 1991 No. 197.