Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000

Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 286 as amended

made under the

Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Act 1990

This compilation was prepared on 6 October 2011
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2011 No. 171

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 2 Commencement [see Note 1]

 3 Definitions 

 4 Quota fee 

Notes   

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definitions

  In these Regulations:

Act means the Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Act 1990.

quota document means a quota document issued under section 6 of the Act in relation to a kind of goods.

quota entitlement means the quantity of a kind of goods that a quota holder has a right to export in the period specified in the holder’s quota document for the goods.

Note   See subsection 3 (1) of the Act for the meaning of goods.

quota holder means a licensee who holds a quota granted under section 6 of the Act in relation to a kind of goods.

Note   Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions in the Act have the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997 — see subsection 3 (2) of the Act.

quota year means:

 (a) for a quota to export high quality beef to the European Union — a financial year commencing on 1 July; and

 (b) for a quota to export any other kind of goods — a calendar year.

4 Quota fee

 (1) For paragraph 6 (2) (a) of the Act, the fee payable for each kilogram of quota to export high quality beef to the European Union is:

 (a) for the quota year commencing on 1 July 2011 — 0.2 of a cent; and

 (b) for a subsequent quota year — 0.26 of a cent.

 (1A) For paragraph 6 (2) (a) of the Act, the fee payable for each kilogram of quota to export any other kind of goods is:

 (a) for the quota year commencing on 1 January 2011 — 0.2 of a cent; and

 (b) for the quota year commencing on 1 January 2012, and each subsequent quota year — 0.26 of a cent.

 (2) The fee is payable to:

  Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  Quota Administration and Statistics Unit

  GPO Box 858

  CANBERRA ACT 2601

  fax: 02 6272 4585.

Notes to the Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000

Note 1

The Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000 (in force under the Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Act 1990) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 2000 No. 286 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Instruments

Table of Amendments

Table A Application, saving or transitional provisions

Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 216

3 Amendment of Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000

 (1) Schedule 1 amends the Australian Meat and Live‑stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000.

 (2) The amendments made by Schedule 1 apply as follows:

 (a) in relation to an application for a quota of high quality beef to be exported to the European Union — on and after 1 May 2011;

 (b) in any other case — on and after the commencement of these Regulations.