Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations (Citrus) Regulations (Amendment) 1998 No. 149
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1998 No. 149
Issued by Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
Horticultural Export Charge Act 1987
Horticultural Levy Act 1987
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations (Citrus) Regulations (Amendment)
Section 14 of the Horticultural Export Charge Act 1987, Section 14 of the Horticultural Levy Act 1987, and Section 30 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 provide that the Governor-General may make regulations not inconsistent with these Acts, prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed; or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to these Acts.
These regulations identify who is to be regarded as the producer of citrus, and consequently the person liable to pay levy, for the purposes of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.
These regulations are effective from 3 July 1998, the date of proclamation of Schedule 2 of the National Residue Survey Administration Amendment Act 1998.