Rice Levy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 210 1

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Rice Levy 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 for Primary Industries and Energy by a rice industry body, make the following Regulations under the Rice Levy Act 1991.

Dated 6 August 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN ANDERSON

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Rice Levy Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[Note: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation

Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 3 (Additional varieties of rice on which levy is payable)

2.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

Additional leviable rice varieties

 “3. The following rice varieties are prescribed as leviable rice under paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘leviable rice’ in subsection 3 (1) of the Act:

Oryza sativa L. cv. Harra

Oryza sativa L. cv. Illabong

Oryza sativa L. cv. Jarrah

Oryza sativa L. cv. Koshihikari

Oryza sativa L. cv. Kyeema

Oryza sativa L. cv. Langi

Oryza sativa L. cv. Millin

Oryza sativa L. cv. Namaga

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRF 9

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRF 10

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRF 203

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRL 34

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRL 37

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRL 101

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRM 34

Oryza sativa L, cv. YRM 39

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRM 41

Oryza sativa L. cv. YRW 4.

[Note: Other leviable rice varieties are specified in the Schedule to the Act.]”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 August 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1993 No. 168 as amended by 1994 No. 186; 1995 No. 119.