GOAT FIBRE LEVY ACT 1989 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 32 of 1999] 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    ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted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.