EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 305
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Resources
EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) ACT 1985
EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) REGULATIONS
Section 10 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed. Included in that power is the power to make regulations exempting a prescribed commodity from charge under the Act.
The amendment amends the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations to omit the heading “Dried Fruit” and Items 5 and 6 from the Schedule. This means that now there is no quantity charge under the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 in respect of dried fruit.
The amendments are part of a package of amendments to export inspection charging legislation in respect of dried fruit. The quantity based charge has been replaced by a charge calculated on a time basis, as introduced by simultaneous amendments to the Export Inspection (Service Charge) Regulations, and a charge based on establishment registration, as introduced by amendments to the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations.
The new export inspection charging system for dried fruit more closely aligns inspection services in respect of dried fruit with the fee for service regime now in place for most other export commodities prescribed under the Export Control Act 1982.
The package of changes in charging for export inspection of dried fruit is intended to encourage more efficient utilisation of export inspection services resulting in an overall reduction in inspection costs.
The amendments commence on 1 October 1990.