EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 No. 190
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
WOOL INDUSTRY ACT 1972
WOOL INDUSTRY (SAMPLING SITES) REGULATIONS AMENDMENT
The Wool Industry Act 1972 provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purpose of imposing fees payable in respect of the registration and inspection of wool sampling sites.
The Wool Industry (Sampling Sites) Regulations provide for the registration of establishments testing wool and for monitoring their sampling and testing procedures to ensure that they maintain a high standard of performance. The Regulations prescribe the fees payable for registration and monitoring. These fees were introduced on 1 July 1979 at a level designed to recover half the estimated cost of inspection by the Australian Wool Measurement and Standards Authority. The fees have not been revised since then.
The proposed wool inspection fees have been determined with a view to achieving 50% recovery of costs incurred during the remainder of 1983/84, in line with Government policy. The proposed fee for monitoring is based on the number of International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) presale test certificates expected to be issued during the 1983/84 financial year and the cost of inspection during that period. If the fee continued at the current level for the full year it is estimated that only 42% of inspection costs would be recouped.
The current fees and proposed new fees are as follows:
Fee | Current Fee | Proposed Fee |
Sampling site registration | $100 | $100 |
Sampling site inspection | 53 cents/IWTO certificate OR $100 whichever is the greater | 62 cents/IWTO certificate OR $100 whichever is the greater |