EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO 255
Issued by the authority of the Minister 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 or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (the principal Regulations) prescribe charges on prescribed commodities in respect of which an export permit is granted.
The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) (the Amendment) set revised charges for four commodity items listed in the Schedule to the principal Regulations. The revised charges for those commodity items are listed adjacent to those items (set out below) which are numbered as in the Schedule of the principal Regulations.
| 1. | Butter | from $2.39 to $2.70 per tonne. |
| 3. | Cheese | from $4.42 to $5.00 per tonne. |
| 4. | Dairy produce not included in item 1 or 3 | from $3.74 to $4.23 per tonne. |
| 5. | Dried tree fruit other than prunes | from $7.18 to $7.87 per tonne. |
The above increases are as a result of a number of factors. For the first time the cost of the compliance and malpractice investigation activities have been included into the inspection services cost base. There has been an increase by approximately 100% of the workers compensation cost component with the introduction of Comcare. There has been an increase in the superannuation component of the cost base and an alteration to the method of allocation of Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service head office costs across commodities to more accurately reflect current distribution of costs.
The Amendment comes into operation on 1 October 1989.