Wheat Industry Fund Levy Repeal Regulations 1999 1999 No. 127
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1999 No. 127
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Wheat Industry Fund Levy Repeal Regulations 1999
The purpose of the regulations is to repeal redundant regulations.
Section 9 of the Wheat Industry Fund Levy Act 1989 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted under the Act or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Background/Context
The Act provides for the imposition of levy on the production and sale of wheat that is used for commercial purposes. Levy collected is used to fund the wheat research and development program of the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the Wheat Industry Fund. From 1 July 1999 schedule 25 of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 (the Excise Act) will replace the Act.
With the commencement of the Excise Act and the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Regulations, the Wheat Industry Fund Levy Regulations, which include wheat provisions, will become redundant. It is good administrative practice to repeal the unnecessary regulations.