EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO 140
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
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 as necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe charges on prescribed commodities in respect of which an export permit is granted.
The proposed Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) (the amending Regulations) which came into operation on 1 July 1988 set revised charges for commodities listed in the Schedule to the Regulations. The revised charges are listed opposite the items (set out below) as numbered in the Schedule of the Regulations.
1. Butter | From $2.02 to $2.42 per tonne |
3. Cheese | From $3.74 to $4.48 per tonne |
4. Dairy Produce not included in Item 1 or 3 | From $3.16 to $3.79 per tonne |
5. Dried tree fruit other than prunes | From $4.56 to $5.47 per tonne |
6. Dried vine fruit | From $4.56 to $5.47 per tonne |
19. Grain that is shipped for export in bulk other than in a container system unit, being grain exported under a forward contract | From 10.3¢ to 13¢ per tonne |
20. Grain that is shipped for export in bulk other than in a container system unit, not being grain exported under a forward contract | From 13¢ to 16¢ per tonne |
21. Grain that is shipped for export in bags other than in a container system unit, being grain exported under a forward contract | From 22¢ to 25¢ per tonne |
22. Grain that is shipped for export in bags other than in a container system unit, not being grain exported under a forward contract | From 25¢ to 30¢ per tonne |
23. Grain that is shipped for export in a container system unit, being grain exported under a forward contract | From 83¢ to $1.46 per tonne |
The amending Regulations also alter the definition of “forward contract” to a contract entered into before 26 May 1988.
The amending Regulations came into operation on 1 July 1988.