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Goat Fibre Levy Act 1989

Act No. 138 of 1989 as amended, taking into account amendments up to Act No. 26 of 1991
Registered 26 Nov 2009
Start Date 01 Jul 1991
End Date 01 Jul 1999
Date of repeal 01 Jul 1999
Repealed by Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 32 of 1999]
(#DATE 18:12:1989)

- Updated as at 18 December 1991
*1* The Goat Fibre Levy Act 1989 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 138, 1989 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act Date Date of Application
Number and of Assent Commencement saving or
Year transitional
provisions
Goat Fibre Levy Act 1989
138, 1989 23 Nov 1989 23, 1989
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Consequential
Provisions) Act 1991
26, 1991 1 March 1991 1 July 1991 (see s. 2)
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Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
S. 3 rep. No. 26, 1991
S. 4 am. No. 26, 1991
S. 7 am. No. 26, 1991
S. 9 rs. No. 26, 1991
S. 10 am. No. 26, 1991

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS

TABLE

TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
4. Interpretation
5. Imposition of levy
6. Rate of levy
7. By whom levy payable
8. Levy not imposed on fibre of a State
9. Exemption from levy of fibre used by producer
10. Exemption from levy of fibre sold to craft shops etc.
11. Regulations

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - LONG TITLE

SECT

An Act to impose a levy on goat fibre produced in Australia

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 1
Short title

SECT

1. This Act may be cited as the Goat Fibre Levy Act 1989.*1* SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 2
Commencement

SECT

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.*1* SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 4
Interpretation

SECT

4. (1) In this Act:
"leviable fibre" means goat's fibre that:
(a) has been obtained:
(i) by shearing a live goat; or
(ii) in a prescribed way (if any); and
(b) has not been processed;
"sale value", in relation to leviable fibre, means:
(a) in the case of fibre sold in Australia in a pool-the amount paid for the fibre; or
(b) in the case of other fibre sold in Australia:
(i) where there are invoices or other documents relating to the
sale that show the sale price for the fibre-that price; or
(ii) where there are no such documents-the value of the fibre
determined by the growers organisation that the Secretary considers to be appropriate; or
(c) in any other case-the amount determined in a prescribed way.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or expression contained in this Act that is not defined for the purposes of this Act but is defined in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 for the purposes of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 5
Imposition of levy

SECT

5. Subject to this Act, levy is imposed on leviable fibre produced in Australia on or after 1 January 1990.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 6
Rate of levy

SECT

6. The rate of levy in respect of any leviable fibre is an amount equal to 1.5% of the sale value of the fibre or such other percentage of the sale value (not being a percentage higher than 5%) as is from time to time prescribed in relation to that fibre.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 7
By whom levy payable

SECT

7. Levy on leviable fibre is payable by its producer.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 8
Levy not imposed on fibre of a State

SECT

8 Levy is not imposed on leviable fibre (if any) belonging to a State.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 9
Exemption from levy of fibre used by producer

SECT

9. Where all the leviable fibre that has been both produced by, and processed by or on behalf of a producer in a levy year is such that, but for this section, the levy that would be payable in respect of the fibre would be less than the leviable amount in relation to that year, levy is not imposed on that fibre.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 10
Exemption from levy of fibre sold to craft shops etc.

SECT

10. Where all the leviable fibre delivered by producers of leviable fibre to a particular buying agent or selling agent in a levy year is such that, but for this section, the levy that would be payable in respect of the fibre delivered would be less than the leviable amount in relation to that year, levy is not imposed on that fibre.

GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 - SECT 11
Regulations

SECT

11. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act:
(a) for the purposes of subparagraph (a) (ii) of the definition of "leviable fibre" in section 4; or
(b) for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of "sale value" in that section; or
(c) prescribing percentages for the purposes of section 6.

(2) Before making any regulation under subsection (1), the Governor-General is to take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by a growers organisation.