Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 1542

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 (Customs) Charges Act 1999.

Dated 26 June 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JUDITH TROETH

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 August 2002.

3 Amendment of Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 10, clauses 3.3 and 3.4

substitute

3.3 Rates of charge — marketing component

  For subclause 3 (3) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act, the following rates of charge are prescribed:

 (a) for apples — 1.11 cents per kilogram of apples;

 (b) for pears — 1.25 cents per kilogram of pears.

Note   Subclause 2 (2) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act provides that charge is not imposed on chargeable horticultural products if the producer has paid levy imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, or by the repealed Horticultural Levy Act 1987, on those products.

3.4 Rates of charge — research and development component

  For subclause 3 (5) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act, the following rates of charge are prescribed:

 (a) for apples — 0.36 cent per kilogram of apples;

 (b) for pears — 0.33 cent per kilogram of pears.

Note   Subclause 2 (2) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act provides that charge is not imposed on chargeable horticultural products if the producer has paid levy imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, or by the repealed Horticultural Levy Act 1987, on those products.

[2] Schedule 10, clause 9.2

substitute

9.2 Rate of charge — marketing component

  For subclause 3 (3) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of charge is $7 per tonne of processed dried vine fruits.

Note   Subclause 2 (2) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act provides that charge is not imposed on chargeable horticultural products if the producer has paid levy imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, or by the repealed Horticultural Levy Act 1987, on those products.

[3] Further amendments — headings in Schedule 10

  Each provision of Schedule 10 mentioned in column 1 of the following table is amended by omitting the heading to the provision and inserting the heading mentioned in column 2 for that provision.

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 131, as amended by 2000 Nos. 236 and 344; 2001 Nos. 5, 94, 108, 112, 216 and 233; 2002 No. 106.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 July 2002.