Wine Grapes Levy Amendment
Act 1994

No. 131 of 1994

An Act to amend the Wine Grapes Levy Act 1979

[Assented to 21 October 1994]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1)           This Act may be cited as the Wine Grapes Levy Amendment Act 1994.

(2)  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Wine Grapes Levy Act 19791.

Commencement

2.  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Rate of levy

3.  Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)   by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1) The levy imposed on prescribed goods used at a winery in a year is the sum of:

(a)  an amount calculated in accordance with the regulations in respect of that year; and

(b)  an amount at the rate of the research amount per tonne of the goods.”;

(b)   by omitting from the definition of “research amount” in subsection (2) “$2” and substituting “$3”;

(c)   by adding at the end the following subsections:

“(3) The total of the amounts calculated under paragraph (1)(a) in respect of prescribed goods used at wineries in a year is not to exceed an amount equal to 0.5% of the amount that the Minister determines to be the gross value of production of prescribed goods for that year.

“(4) The regulations may provide for the manner in which the Minister is to determine the amount of the gross value of production of prescribed goods for a year.”.

Exemptions from levy

4.  Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1).

Regulations

5.  Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)  by omitting from subsection (2) “paragraph 6(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) or (f)” and substituting “paragraph 6(1)(a)”;

(b)  by omitting from subsection (4) “subsection 6(1)” and substituting “paragraph 6(1)(a)”.

NOTE

1.     No. 65, 1979, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 162, 1980; No. 61, 1986; No. 141, 1989; and No. 26, 1991.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 21 September 1994

Senate on 10 October 1994]