Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 234 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. 134

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 the Corporation 

 5 Levy attached to the Corporation 

 6 Gross value of production 

Notes 

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 October 1990.

3 Interpretation

  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.

raw sugar means sugar whose sucrose content by weight in the dry state corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99.5 degrees.

sugar cane means stalks (whether whole or not) of the sugar cane plant.

sugar industry means the industry in Australia concerned with the production and processing of sugar cane, and the distribution, storage, marketing and sale of raw sugar.

4 Establishment of the Corporation

  For section 8 of the Act, an R and D Corporation to be known as the Sugar Research and Development Corporation is declared to be established in respect of the sugar industry.

5 Levy attached to the Corporation

 (1) For paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, the levy imposed by clause 3 of Schedule 24 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 is attached to the Corporation.

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

 (3) For paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the sugar industry is the primary industry to which the levy relates.

6 Gross value of production

 (1) For subsection 32 (2) of the Act, the Minister must determine the amount of the gross value of production of sugar cane, for a financial year (the relevant financial year), by using:

  where:

A is the estimated value of the sugar cane to be produced in the relevant financial year.

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

C is the value of the sugar cane produced in the financial year immediately before the previous financial year.

 (2) In subregulation (1), a reference to the value of sugar cane produced, or to the estimated value of sugar cane to be produced, in a financial year is a reference to the production figure supplied by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics that shows:

 (a) the gross value of sugar cane produced that is cut for crushing by the sugar industry in that financial year; or

 (b) the estimated gross value of sugar cane to be produced that will be cut for crushing by the sugar industry for that financial year.

Notes to the Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

Note 1

The Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 (in force under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1990 No. 234 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments