EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 267
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
DAIRY PRODUCTS (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1982
DAIRY PRODUCTS (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE)
REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Dairy Products (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1982 provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purpose of imposing a charge on dairy products inspected for export. The Act provides that regulations may prescribe different rates of charge for different classes of dairy products provided they do not exceed the maximum charge set in the Act which is currently $5.00 per tonne.
Regulation 1 provides for a commencement date of 1 October 1984.
Regulation 2 repeals the existing Schedule of charges and substitutes a new Schedule which specifies new operative rates of charge for the various classes of dairy products as listed in the following table:
Class of dairy products | Former rate of charge per tonne $ | Current rate of charge per tonne $ |
Butter packed in bulk of pat form | 2.05 | 1.16 |
Butter packed otherwise than in bulk or pat form | 0.82 | 1.16 |
Butter, fat products other than butter | 1.22 | 1.64 |
Cheese packed in bulk | 2.35 | 2.57 |
Cheese packed otherwise than in bulk | 2.35 | 2.57 |
Concentrated, condensed and dried milk | 0.96 | 1.97 |
All other dairy products | 3.50 | 1.97 |
The revised charges have been determined with a view to maintaining 50% recovery of costs of inspection incurred during the remainder of 1984-85 in line with Government policy.
Inspection practices for dairy products have undergone a full review and changes to these practices are imminent. The new charges reflect these changes and for each charging category the charge has been calculated by averaging the estimated cost of inspection during the 1984-85 financial year over the quantity of product exported during that period.