Statutory Rules 1990 No. 641
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Honeybee Research and Development Council Regulations
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.
Dated 19 February 1990.
BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN KERIN
Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy
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Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Honeybee Research and Development Council Regulations.
Commencement
2. These Regulations commence on 2 July 1990.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
“Council” means the Honeybee Research and Development Council specified in regulation 4;
“Fund” means the Honeybee R & D Fund referred to in regulation 5;
“honeybee industry” means the industry concerned with:
(a) the production, processing, sale and distribution of honey, beeswax and pollen; and
(b) the provision of pollination services by honeybees; and
(c) the breeding, sale and distribution of queen bees;
“the Act” means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.
Establishment of the Honeybee Council
4. An R & D Council to be known as the Honeybee Research and Development Council is declared to be established in respect of the honeybee industry.
Honeybee Industry Fund
5. For the purposes of section 107 of the Act, the R & D Fund established in respect of the Honeybee R & D Council is to be known as the Honeybee R & D Fund.
Levy attached to the Fund
6. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, the levies imposed by:
(a) paragraph 5 (1) (b) of the Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962; and
(b) paragraph 5 (1) (b) of the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962; and
(c) paragraph 7 (1) (b) of the Honey Export Charge Act 1973;
are attached to the Fund.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, the whole of each of those levies is the research component.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the honeybee industry is the primary industry to which each levy relates.
Gross value of production of honey
7. (1) The Minister is to determine the gross value of the production of honey for a financial year (in this regulation called “relevant year”) by calculating that value in accordance with the formula:
where:
A is the value of honey produced in the financial year ending 1 year before the start of the relevant year; and
B is the value of honey produced in the financial year immediately before the relevant year; and
C is the estimated value of honey to be produced in the relevant year.
(2) A reference to the value of honey produced or to be produced in a financial year is a reference to the value of production determined by the Minister, having regard to:
(a) the amount of honey on which levy and charge have been paid to the Commonwealth under the Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962, the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962, and the Honey Export Charge Act 1973; and
(b) the wholesale price of honey;
in that financial year.
NOTE
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 February 1990.