Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 3) (Cth)

Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 3)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 214

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998 and the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.

Dated 9 September 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

judith troeth

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture,

Fisheries and Forestry

for the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 3)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 2142

made under the

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998 and the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy

Act 1998

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 3).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence as follows:

• (a)

  on gazettal — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;

• (b)

  on 1 October 1999 — Schedule 2.

3Amendment of Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998

 Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998.

Schedule 1Amendments commencing on gazettal

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(regulation 3)

[1]Subregulation 5 (1), before definition of quarter

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preserved, for an aquatic animal, means prepared for human consumption by any means, including:

• (a)

  chilling;

• (b)

  freezing;

• (c)

  drying;

• (d)

  sealing in an airtight container;

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  salting;

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  putting in brine;

• (g)

  smoking;

• (h)

  cooking by steaming or boiling in water.

[2]After regulation 24

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24AExempt aquatic animals and aquatic animal products

 For subclause 2 (2) of Schedule 1 to the NRS Customs Levy Act, National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed if the aquatic animal or aquatic animal product:

• (a)

  is used as bait in fishing or trapping and is not for human consumption; or

• (b)

  is the product of another country and is imported into Australia for further processing; or

• (c)

  is not an aquatic animal or aquatic animal product to which Schedule 1A applies.

[3]Regulation 26, note 3

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[4]After regulation 27

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Note   Regulation number 28 intentionally not used.

[5]Before Schedule 1

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Schedule 1ALeviable aquatic animals and aquatic animal products

(regulation 24A)

1. Live fin fish

2. Fresh or preserved fin fish, fin fish fillets or other fin fish meat (whether or not minced)

3. Products of fin fish including, but not limited to:

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  livers

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  roes

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  caviar

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  caviar substitutes prepared from fin fish eggs

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  shark cartilage powder

4. Live, fresh or preserved crustaceans or molluscs, whether in shell or not

5. Flours, meals or pellets of aquatic animals, fit for human consumption

6. Other live, fresh or preserved aquatic vertebrates or invertebrates in any form

7. Other aquatic animal products for human consumption, including blended products that contain any aquatic animal products

Schedule 2Amendments commencing on 1 October 1999

(regulation 3)

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[1]Regulation 78, notes 1, 2 and 3

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[2]After regulation 78

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79Rate of NRS customs levy on honey

 For clause 3 of Schedule 3 to the NRS Customs Levy Act, the rate of NRS customs levy on honey is 0.3 cents per kilogram.

80Rate of NRS excise levy on honey

 For subclauses 4 (1) and (2) of Schedule 7 to the NRS Excise Levy Act, the rate of NRS excise levy on honey is 0.3 cents per kilogram.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1998 No. 147, as amended by 1998 Nos. 182, 245 and 316; 1999 Nos. 24 and 179.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 9 September 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 16 September 1999.