EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1987 No. 253
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.
Regulation 2A of the Export Inspection Charges Collection Regulations exempts certain attendances by authorised officers from the operation of the Act.
The proposed Export Inspection Charges Collection Regulations (Amendment) remove from the exemption provided by regulation 2A attendances for the purpose of granting an export permit.