Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1993

Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1993

Statutory Rules 1993 No. 209 as amended

made under the

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 2001 No. 131

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

Page

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Interpretation 

 4 Establishment of Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation             

 5 Levy attached to the Corporation 

 6 Gross value of production 

Notes 

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1993.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 January 1994.

3 Interpretation

 (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

Corporation means the Corporation declared by regulation 4 to be established.

forest and wood products industry means the industry concerned with growing, harvesting, processing and marketing wood or wood fibre.

leviable logs means logs on which a levy mentioned in subregulation 5 (1) is imposed.

logs has the same meaning as in Schedule 10 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

4 Establishment of Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation

  For section 8 of the Act, an R & D Corporation, to be known as the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation, is declared to be established in respect of the forest and wood products industry.

5 Levy attached to the Corporation

 (1) For paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, the following levies are attached to the Corporation:

 (a) levy imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 10 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999;

 (b) charge imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 7 to the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999;

 (c) charge imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 8 to the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999.

 (2) For paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, the whole of each of those levies is the research component.

 (3) For paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the forest and wood products industry is the primary industry to which each levy relates.

6 Gross value of production

 (1) For subsection 32 (2) of the Act, the Minister must determine the gross value of production, for a financial year (the relevant financial year), of logs produced in Australia by the forest and wood products industry and in respect of which a levy has been attached to the Corporation, by using:

  where:

A is the estimated value of the leviable logs to be produced in the relevant financial year.

B is the value of the leviable logs produced in the financial year immediately before the relevant financial year (the previous financial year).

C is the value of the leviable logs produced in the financial year immediately before the previous financial year.

 (2) In subregulation (1), a reference to the value of leviable logs produced or to be produced in Australia in a financial year is a reference to:

 (a) the gross value of leviable logs produced in Australia in that year by the forest and wood products industry as shown in the official statistics supplied by the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics; or

 (b) the estimated gross value of leviable logs produced or to be produced in Australia in that year by the forest and wood products industry as shown in the official statistics supplied by the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics.

Notes to the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1993

Note 1

The Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1993 (in force under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1993 No. 209 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments