Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 7)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2172

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

Dated 16 August 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JUDITH TROETH

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture,

Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 7).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 October 2001.

3 Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

  Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 7, clause 4

omit

15 cents

insert

9.5 cents

[2] Schedule 7, after clause 4

insert

Note   For the operative rate of NRS excise levy on deer slaughter, see regulation 200 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998.

[3] Schedule 8, note

substitute

1 Rate of levy — sale of deer velvet

  The rate of levy imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 8 to the Excise Levies Act on deer velvet is 3.5% of the sale value of the deer velvet.

2 Rate of levy — deer velvet used in producing other goods

  The rate of levy imposed by clause 3 of Schedule 8 to the Excise Levies Act on deer velvet is 3.5% of the declared value of the deer velvet.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 302, as amended by 2000 Nos. 132, 176, 237 (as amended by 2000 No. 265), 265, 320 and 345; 2001 Nos. 6, 61, 95, 109, 113 and 152.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 August 2001.