Sugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 44 Sugar Industry Act 1991 SUGAR INDUSTRY AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new s 16A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16A Matters for which a deduction from the base price for sugarcane may be provided in an award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s3 Sugar Industry Amendment (No. 1) No. 44, 1999 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Sugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Sugar Industry Regulation 1991 . ˙ Insertion of new s 16A 3. After section 16— insert — ˙ ‘ Matters for which a deduction from the base price for sugarcane may be provided in an award ‘ 16A.(1) An award for a mill may provide a sugar quality deduction from the base price payable for all sugarcane delivered to the mill in a period if— (a) a sugar quality discount applies to sugar manufactured at the mill from sugarcane delivered to the mill in the period; and (b) the mill owner and the growers who supplied sugarcane to the mill in the period agree— (i) to share any sugar quality premium for sugar manufactured from sugarcane delivered to the mill in the period; or (ii) to use the premium for a particular purpose, including, for example, researching a sugar industry matter. ‘ (2) In this section— “sugar quality deduction” means a deduction for a raw sugar quality criterion, other than a criterion relating only to manufacturing raw sugar. “sugar quality discount” means a penalty affecting an amount paid to a mill owner under a financial incentive scheme mentioned in section 114(2)(b) of the Act. “sugar quality premium” means a bonus paid to a mill owner under a financial incentive scheme mentioned in section 114(2)(b) of the Act.’.

3 Sugar Industry Amendment (No. 1) No. 44, 1999 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 25 March 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 26 March 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 1999