EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO 261
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Resources.
HORTICULTURAL LEVY COLLECTION ACT 1987
HORTICULTURAL LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS
(AMENDMENT)
Section 13 of the Horticultural Levy Collection Act 1987, (the Act) provides for a warrant to be issued to an authorised person to enter premises for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 8 of the Horticultural Levy Collection Regulations (the Regulations) provides that the form of warrant shall be in the form in Schedule 2 of the Regulations.
Schedule 2 is amended to provide for warrants issued in relation to the Horticultural Levy (Nursery Products) Regulations. Those Regulations provide for payments on account of levy at the point of purchase of containers used in the production of potted plants. The amendment provides for warrants to be issued to authorised persons to enter premises at which such containers may be found.
Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations specifies the date of payment for leviable horticultural products. The proposed amendment to regulation 4 provides that for blueberries, the date of payment of levy is to be on or before the 28th day of the month following the quarter in which the blueberries are sold.