EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1987 NO. 268
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
CANNED FRUITS LEVY ACT 1979
CANNED FRUITS LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979 provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purpose of prescribing levy rates for canned deciduous fruit. The levy is used to meet the administrative and promotional expenses of the Australian Canned Fruits Corporation.
The Australian Canned Fruits Corporation, established under the Canned Fruits Marketing Act 1979, makes recommendations to the Minister on the operative rates of levy.
In order to accommodate both its 1988 budgeted administrative expenditures and also the budgeted expenditures necessary to complete the winding down of the activities of the Corporation in 1989, the Corporation has recommended that the rate of levy for canned deciduous fruit produced on and from 1 December 1987 be increased to the equivalent of 20 cents per basic carton. I agreed to the recommendation on 22 October 1987.
The existing operative rate of levy is the equivalent of 17 cents per basic carton specified under Statutory Rules 1986 No. 343.
The proposed regulation gives effect to the Corporation’s recommendation by substituting a new schedule for the rates of levy specified in Statutory Rules 1986, No.343.
Class of Container | Existing Rate of Levy | Proposed New Rate of Levy |
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Where the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150 grams | 1.417 cents per dozen containers | 1.667 cents per dozen containers |
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams but does not exceed 320 grams | 2.125 cents per dozen containers | 2.5 cents per dozen containers |
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams but does not exceed 490 grams | 4.25 cents per dozen containers | 5.0 cents per dozen containers |
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams but does not exceed 680 grams | 6.375 cents per dozen containers | 7.5 cents per dozen containers |
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams | 8.5 cents per dozen containers and in addition, 5.1 cents per dozen containers for each 450 grams, or part of 450 grams, by which the gross weight of the container exceeds 900 grams. | 10.0 cents per dozen containers and in addition 6.0 cents per dozen containers for each 450 grams or part of 450 grams, by which the gross weight of the container exceeds 900 grams. |
Authority: Section 10 of the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979.