EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 No. 387
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.
RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ACT 1985
RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Wine Grapes Levy Act 1986 (the Act) imposes a levy on Australian grapes and grape juice delivered to processing establishments (normally wineries). One component of the levy funds the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, the other component finances a research scheme for the wine industry. Administrative and organisational arrangements for the research scheme are provided under the Rural Industries Research Act 1985.
The Act was amended on 2 November 1989 to provide for new levy arrangements from 1 January 1990. As a result, the sub-paragraphs in the Act referring to the research component of the levy have been replaced by a new paragraph referring to the research component in the amended Act.
To preserve existing arrangements, references in Regulation 4C of the Rural Industries Research Regulations identifying the research component of the levy need to be replaced with a reference to the new paragraph in the amended Act.