EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1987 No 250
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Resources
Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Act 1985
Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Regulations (Amendment)
Section 9 of the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Act 1985 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of sections 6 and 7 of the Act which deal with charges on the registration of an establishment.
Under section 7 of the Act, the rate of charge in respect of the registration of an establishment is such rate as is applicable under the regulations to that establishment or to the class of establishments in which the establishment is included.
The proposed Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Regulations (Amendment) (‘the Regulations’) set revised rates of charge in respect of the registration of certain establishments, increasing those for poultry establishments and decreasing those for fish establishments.
The Regulations are to come into operation on 1 November 1987.