EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No. 350
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) ACT 1985
EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 10 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 (‘the Act’) empowers the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Section 7 of the Act provides that the rates of charge are the rates applicable under the regulations. Maximum allowable rates of charge are set out in sub-section 7(3). Regulation 3 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (‘the Regulations’) establishes rates of charge for several kinds of commodities. The Amendment reduces the rate of charge for dried fruits from $5.20 to $4.00 per tonne.
The Amendment also amends the Schedule by removing references to fruit and vegetable commodities in respect of which export permits are no longer required. As a consequence, the amendment includes these commodities in regulation 4, which describes commodities which are exempt from charge.
The date of effect of the Amendment is 1 December 1986.