EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO 141
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
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 section 7 of the Act which deals with charges on the registration of an establishment.
Under section 7 of that 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 Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Regulations (the Regulations) set rates of charge in respect of the registration of establishments required to register under the Act.
The Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charge) Regulations (the amending Regulations) revise the rates of
charge under the Regulations, as shown below opposite the relevant class of establishments which are numbered as in the Schedule of the Regulations.
1 | Land-based establishment registered for operations which include the packing of fish not being an establishment registered solely for operations associated with the preparation of oysters, live fish or prawns | From $1800 to $2160 |
2 | Land-based establishment registered solely for operations associated with the preparation of prawns, as defined in Item 2 in the Schedule of the Regulations | From $1800 to $2160 |
3 | Establishment registered for operations (slaughter or killing of poultry or the dressing of poultry carcases) associated with the preparation of poultry meat | From $2160 to $2600 |
4 | Land-based establishment registered solely for operations associated with (a) the freezing of prawns; |
|
| (b) the freezing and packing of prawns; (c) the freezing and storing of prawns; or (d) the freezing, packing and storing of prawns | From $810 to $972 |
5 | Establishment registered solely for operations associated with the preparation of oysters, being operations which include the freezing of oysters | From $810 to $972 |
6 | Land-based establishment registered for operations associated with the freezing of fish, other than oysters, not being an establishment registered for operations which include the packing of fish | From $810 to $972 |
7 | Establishment, being a vessel, registered for operations which include the packing of fish, other than live fish | From $850 to $1020 |
8 | Land-based establishment registered solely for operations associated with any one |
|
or more of the following (a) the storage of fish, as a dry store, cool store or cold store, but not for the freezing of fish; (b) the handling or loading of fish in containers, as a container depot or container terminal; (c) the handling or loading of fish, as an airline terminal | From $180 to $216 | |
8A | Establishment registered for operations associated with the preparation of poultry meat other than the slaughter or killing of poultry or the dressing of poultry carcases | From $216 to $260 |
9 | Any other establishment or class of establishment not being a vessel | From $270 to $372 |
10 | Any other establishment or class of establishment being a vessel | From $310 to $372 |
The Regulations came into operation on 1 July 1988.