Cotton Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 212 as amended

made under the

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 2001 No. 129

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 2 Commencement 

 3 Interpretation 

 4 Establishment of Corporation 

 5 Levy attached to the Corporation 

 6 Gross value of production 

Notes   

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Cotton Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 October 1990.

3 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

Corporation means the Corporation declared by regulation 4 to be established.

cotton means cotton grown in Australia.

cotton industry means the Australian industry concerned with the production, distribution, processing and sale of cotton.

cotton lint means cotton processed to exclude linters, seed and waste cotton.

4 Establishment of Corporation

  For section 8 of the Act, an R & D Corporation to be known as the Cotton Research and Development Corporation is declared to be established in respect of the cotton industry.

5 Levy attached to the Corporation

 (1) For paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, the levy imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 5 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 is attached to the Corporation.

 (2) For paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, the whole of the levy is declared to be the research component of the levy.

 (3) For paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the cotton industry is declared to be the primary industry to which the levy relates.

6 Gross value of production

 (1) For subsection 32 (2) of the Act, the Minister must determine the gross value of production of cotton, for a financial year (the relevant financial year), by using:

where:

A is the estimated value of cotton lint to be produced in the relevant financial year.

B is the value of cotton lint produced in the financial year immediately before the relevant financial year (the previous financial year).

C is the value of cotton lint produced in the financial year immediately before the previous financial year.

 (2) In subregulation (1), a reference to the value of cotton lint produced, or to the estimated value of cotton lint to be produced, in a financial year is a reference to the production figure supplied by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics that shows:

 (a) the gross value of cotton lint produced by the cotton industry in that financial year; or

 (b) the estimated gross value of cotton lint to be produced by the cotton industry for that financial year.

Notes to the Cotton Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

Note 1

The Cotton Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 (in force under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1990 No. 212 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

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