EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO 23
Issued by the authority of the
Minister of State for Resources
EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGES COLLECTION ACT 1985
EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGES COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 17 of the Export Inspection Charges Collection Act 1985 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Export Inspection Charges Collection Regulations (Amendment) (‘the Amendment’) insert into the Export Inspection Charges Collection Regulations (‘the Regulations’) certain administrative requirements which were previously set out in the Act but which have been removed from the Act by amendments made in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987. These requirements are more appropriate for Regulations.
Regulation 1 fixes the commencement of the Amendment as the day on which the amendments to the Export Inspection Charges Collection Act 1985 made by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987 come into operation.
Regulation 2 defines the Regulations to be amended as the Export Inspection Charges Collection Regulations (‘the Regulations’).
Regulation 3 inserts a new regulation 2AA, which contains the substance of old regulation 3; a list of prescribed offices.
Regulation 4 repeals old regulation 3 and inserts new regulations 3, 3A, 3B and 3C, which contain the administrative requirements which have been removed from the Act.
New regulation 3 requires that monthly returns must contain the name and address of the exporter, the serial number of the export permit, the date on which the permit was granted, the month to which the return relates, the
quantity of commodities exported, the rate of charge applicable, the amount of quantity charge for which the exporter is liable and the name of the last establishment at which the commodity was prepared.
New regulation 3A requires that monthly returns must contain the name and address of the registered occupier, the registration number and address of the establishment (if the establishment is a ship, the name of the ship), the days and times at which services were provided, the rate of charge applicable and the total charge for which the occupier is liable.
New regulation 3B specifies who may sign returns.
New regulation 3C requires returns to be lodged at the office of the Department administering the Act in a capital city.
Regulation 5 inserts new regulation 4A which sets an amount of $1,000 as the prescribed amount for the purposes of subsection 11(3) of the Act.
The Amendment came into force on 1 March 1988; the day on which the amendments to the Act made by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987 came into operation.