EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1987 No. 94
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
SUGAR CANE LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS
The Sugar Cane Levy Collection Act 1987 provides the machinery for the collection of levy imposed by the related Sugar Cane Levy Act 1987. The Sugar Cane Levy Collection Act 1987 came into effect on May 1987, the day that the Sugar Cane Levy Act 1987 received Royal Assent. The money raised by the imposition of the levy will be used to finance a research scheme for the sugar industry. Administrative and organisational arrangements for the scheme will be provided under the Rural Industries Research Act 1985.
Section 15 of the Sugar Cane Levy Collection Act 1987 provides that regulations may be made not inconsistent with the Act, for the purpose of facilitating the collection or recovery of amounts of levy or penalty and in particular:
(a) providing for the manner of payment of levy
(b) requiring the keeping of records by growers of sugar cane, millers of accepted sugar cane and such other persons, if any, as are prescribed
(c) requiring the furnishing of returns by growers of sugar cane, millers of accepted sugar cane, and such other persons (if any) as are prescribed.
(d) prescribing penalties, not exceeding a fine of $500, for offences against the regulations.
In accordance with with Section 15 of the Sugar Cane Levy Collection Act 1987, the Sugar Cane Levy Collection Regulations prescribe the necessary administrative arrangements to give effect to levy collection provisions under the Act.