Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) (Meat) (Fees) Variation Regulations 2019 (SA)

South Australia

Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) (Meat) (Fees) Variation Regulations 2019

under the Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) Act 2004

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) (Meat) Regulations 2017

4            Substitution of Schedule 2

Schedule 2—Fees and charges

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) (Meat) (Fees) Variation Regulations 2019.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 July 2019.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) (Meat) Regulations 2017

4—Substitution of Schedule 2

Schedule 2—delete the Schedule and substitute:

Schedule 2—Fees and charges

Monetary value of fee unit and administration fee
1	Fee unit	$118
2	Administration fee	$233
Application fees
3	Application fee for accreditation (section 13 of Act)—
(a)     if 6 or fewer full time equivalent positions are to be held by persons engaged in processing or handling meat under the accreditation	$174
(b)     in any other case	$398
4	Application fee for variation of conditions of accreditation or variation of an approved food safety arrangement (section 18 of Act)—
(a)     if 6 or fewer full time equivalent positions are to be held by persons engaged in processing or handling meat under the accreditation	$174
(b)     in any other case	$398
5	Application fee for exemption from compliance with code (regulation 11)	$398
Annual fees (section 17 of Act)
6	Annual fee for accreditation authorising a person to process or handle meat for consumption by pets only	administration fee
7	Annual fee for accreditation authorising a person to store or transport meat only—
(a)	administration fee
plus
(b)     if the person is authorised to store meat	2 fee units
plus
(c)      if the person is authorised to transport meat—for each vehicle used to transport meat under the accreditation during the relevant period	1 fee unit
Note— If a person uses more than one semi-trailer for each prime mover used to transport meat, each additional semi-trailer is, for the purposes of item 7(c) to be regarded as a separate vehicle.
8	Annual fee for accreditation authorising a person to process or handle kangaroos in the field—
(a)	administration fee
plus
(b)     for each tray or rack (being a tray or rack to be attached to a vehicle used for transporting kangaroo carcasses) approved for use under the accreditation	1 fee unit
plus
(c)      for each field chiller owned or leased by the person and approved for use under the accreditation	1 fee unit
9	Annual fee for accreditation authorising a retail meat processor and handler to undertake further processing or handling of meat that has been lawfully produced for human consumption—
(a)	administration fee
plus
(b)     the aggregate of the fee units applicable to the each of the following types of activity carried on by the processor or handler:
(i)      production of smallgoods by a process involving fermentation	1 fee unit
(ii)     production of smallgoods by a process involving cooking or curing	1 fee unit
(iii)     processing of raw meat (for example, boning, slicing, mincing or dicing of meat) or production of raw smallgoods (for example, sausages, patties or corned or pickled meat) within the ambit of the definition of meat (see section 6 of the Act and regulation 4)	1 fee unit
10	Annual fee for accreditation authorising a person to grow poultry—
(a)     if the poultry is being grown under contract to a processing company	1 fee unit plus $27 for each 1 000 m² of shed space in which the poultry is housed
(b)     in any other case	administration fee plus 1 fee unit
11	In any other case, the annual fee is—
(a)	administration fee
plus
(b)     the aggregate of the fee units applicable to each of the following types of activity carried on by an accredited meat producer:
(i)      slaughtering for human consumption using a mechanised process—
(A)     poultry only	8 fee units
(B)     red meat animals only	8 fee units
(C)     other	11 fee units
(ii)     slaughtering for human consumption without using a mechanised process—
(A)     poultry only	4 fee units
(B)     red meat animals only	4 fee units
(C)     other	7 fee units
(iii)     slaughtering for consumption by pets	4 fee units
(iv)     production of smallgoods for human consumption by a process involving cooking or curing	4 fee units
(v)     production of smallgoods for human consumption by a process involving fermentation	4 fee units
(vi)     production of smallgoods for human consumption by a process not involving cooking, curing or fermentation	4 fee units
(vii)     further processing or handling of meat that has been lawfully produced for human consumption (other than the production of smallgoods) (eg boning, producing primal or other cuts of meat, packing meat and offal or processing or handling of field processed kangaroo carcasses)	4 fee units
plus
(c)      the fee units applicable to the highest number of full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) held by persons engaged in producing meat under the accreditation during the relevant period as follows:
(i)      not more than 6 FTEs	2 fee units
(ii)     more than 6 but not more than 11 FTEs	6 fee units
(iii)     more than 11 but not more than 26 FTEs	12 fee units
(iv)     more than 26 but not more than 40 FTEs	20 fee units
(v)     more than 40 but not more than 60 FTEs	30 fee units
(vi)     more than 60 FTEs	40 fee units
plus
(d)     if the person owns or leases a field chiller used for initially refrigerating kangaroo carcasses under the accreditation, for each field chiller	1 fee unit
12	Despite items 6 to 11 above, the annual fee payable by an accredited meat producer who is authorised to produce meat other than for supply to the domestic Australian market and is registered in accordance with regulations under the Export Control Act 1982 of the Commonwealth is the administration fee.
Default penalty (section 17 of Act)
13	Penalty for default in payment of an annual fee or lodging of an annual return	$189

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

following compliance by the Minister with section 11(4) of the Act and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 13 June 2019

No 123 of 2019