EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1987 No. 192
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
EGG INDUSTRY RESEARCH (HEN QUOTA) LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS
The Egg Industry Research (Hen Quota) Levy Collection Act 1987 (Act No 84 of 1987, assented to on 5 June 1987) (the Act), provides in Section 10 that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing, amongst other matters, the manner of payment of levy and other money payable to the Commonwealth under the Act.
The levy to be collected under the Act from egg producers is based on State and Territory hen quotas and will provide funds for research.
To facilitate levy collection the Act empowers the Commonwealth to enter into arrangements with each State and the Northern Territory for collection of levy on the Commonwealth’s behalf by State Egg Boards and the Northern Territory administration. Levy in the Australian Capital Territory is to be collected by the Department of Primary Industries and Energy.
The Commonwealth has reached agreement with all States and the Northern Territory for the respective State Egg Boards and the Territory to collect levy on the Commonwealth’s behalf. To complete the levy collection arrangements it is necessary to specify the name and address of the collecting authority to which levy payers should make payments in their State or Territory.
The purpose of the Regulations is to specify the levy collection authorities as the point of payment for levy payers.