Coarse Grains Levy Amendment
Act 1994

No. 119 of 1994

An Act to amend the Coarse Grains Levy Act 1992

[Assented to 27 September 1994]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Coarse Grains Levy Amendment Act 1994.

(2)  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Coarse Grains Levy Act 1992¹.

Commencement

2.(1) Sections 1, 2 and 4 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2)  The remaining provisions of this Act commence:

(a)   if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or before 1 October 1994—on that date; or

(b)  otherwise—on 1 October 1995.

Interpretation

3.  Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “leviable weight”.

Imposition of levy

4.  Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (1) “after 1 October 1992”.

Repeal of section

5.  Section 10 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Rates of levy

6.  Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1)      The rate of levy in respect of grain harvested from oats, cereal rye, barley or triticale is:

(a)  subject to paragraph (b), 1% of the value of the grain; or

(b)  if another rate (not being a rate higher than 5% of the value of the grain) is prescribed in respect of that grain—the rate so prescribed.”.

Repeal of section

7.  Section 14 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Regulations

8.  Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)   by omitting paragraph (2)(a);

(b)   by omitting from paragraph (2)(c) “10 or”.

NOTE

1.     No. 19, 1992.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 31 August 1994

Senate on 31 August 1994]