EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1987 No. 295
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Resources
Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985
Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment)
Section 10 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) 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 for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations prescribe charges on prescribed commodities in respect of which an export permit is granted.
The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) set revised charges for grain which will come into operation on 1 January 1988 and change the date for forward contracts to 7 December 1987. All interested parties were advised of the 1 January 1988 increase on or about 7 December 1987.
The Amendment increases charges for grain exported on or after 1 January 1988 except grain exported on or after that date under a contract entered into before 7 December 1987.