EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 No. 388
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport and Construction for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Primary Industry
FISH (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE)
COLLECTION REGULATIONS (Amendment)
Section 9 of the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Act 1981 (the Act) provides for the Governor-General to make regulations required or permitted by, or necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to, the Act or for facilitating the collection or recovery of any debt due to the Commonwealth under the Act.
The Export Control Act 1982 (Act No. 47, Assented to on 9 June 1982) is to come into operation on 1 January 1983. Under proposed regulations being made pursuant to this Act, to be known as the Export Control (General) Regulations, the Exports Regulations are to be repealed. As a consequence of the repeal of the existing Exports Regulations, references to them in the regulations which impose a charge or provide for the collection of that charge, must be omitted.
Sub-regulation 4(1) and paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Regulations provide for an exporter of fish inspected for export to furnish a return and keep proper records. Each contains a reference to an ‘export permit issued to him under regulation 24 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations’.
The proposed amendment provides for the references to an ‘export permit issued to him under regulation 24 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations’ to be replaced by a reference to ‘an export permit issued to him under regulation 22 of the Export Control (General) Regulations’.
The proposed amendment is of an administrative nature only and will not involve the imposition of any additional requirements or costs on the industry concerned.
The proposed amendment will come into operation on 1 January 1983.