EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 No. 387
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)
REGULATIONS (Amendment)
Section 8 of the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1981 (the Act) as amended by section 39 of the Export Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 (Act No. 48, Assented to on 9 June 1982) provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of sections 4, 5 and 6. Section 4 provides in the definition of ‘prescribed export permit’ for the permit to be declared by the regulations, section 5 provides for the imposition of the charge and section 6 for the rate of charge for prescribed classes of fish to be set by regulation.
The Export Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 is to come into operation on 1 January 1983, the same date as the Export Control Act 1982 (Act No. 47, Assented to on 9 June 1982). Under proposed regulations being made pursuant to the Export Control Act 1982, to be known as the Export Control (General) Regulations, the existing Exports Regulations are to be repealed. As a consequence of the repeal of the Exports Regulations, references to them in the regulations which impose a charge or provide for the collection of that charge, must be omitted.
Section 4 of the Act is amended by section 38 of the Export Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 to omit reference to ‘an export permit issued under regulation 24 of the Exports (Fish) Regulations’, and insert a reference to a ‘prescribed export permit’ that is declared by the regulations made pursuant to the Act.
The permit is the document on which the charge is based, and at present, the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations do not provide for a ‘prescribed export permit’. It will be necessary for such a provision to be included in the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations.
The purpose of the proposed regulations is to include the necessary permit requirements. They insert a now regulation which declares a permit in force under regulation 22 of the Export Control (General) Regulations to be a prescribed export permit.
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.