EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 No. 288
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Housing and Construction for and on behalf of the Minister for Primary Industry
APPLE AND PEAR LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Apple and Pear Levy Collection Act (the Act) provides that regulations may require persons to keep records and to submit returns or information relating to the sale of or other dealings in apples and pears.
In a concurrent amendment to the Apple and Pear Levy Regulations it is proposed that fruit used for distillation be exempt from levy. This is in accordance with the recommendation of the Apple and Pear Growers’ Association to the Minister that this class of fruit be exempt from payment until such time as the current legislation can be amended to permit the juicing rather than the higher processing rate to apply.
Consequential on the amendment to the Apple and Pear Levy Regulations it is necessary to amend the Apple and Pear Levy Collection Regulations to provide for separate records to be kept for fruit used in the production of distillation products, and for the exclusion of fruit used in the production of distillation products from the returns or information required to be submitted relating to the sale or other dealings in apples and pears.
The Regulations will take effect from 1 January 1984.