Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3)1
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 20 February 2003
PETER HOLLINGWORTH
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
JUDITH TROETH
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Contents
1 Name of Regulations
2 Commencement
3 Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
Schedule 1 Amendments commencing on 1 March 2003
Schedule 2 Amendments commencing on 1 January 2007
These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3).
These Regulations commence as follows:
(a) on 1 March 2003 — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;
(b) on 1 January 2007 — Schedule 2.
3 Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999 as amended by Schedule 2 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).
Schedule 1 Amendments commencing on 1 March 2003
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 3, clause 1A
substitute
1A Amounts of levy for cattle other than bobby calves or lot-fed cattle
(1) For paragraph 6 (1) (b) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy is 92 cents per head.
Note Subclause (1) identifies an amount that, under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997, is destined for the research body.
(2) For paragraph 6 (1) (c) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy per head is nil.
Note Subclause (2) identifies an amount that, under the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve Act 1991, is destined for the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve.
(3) For paragraph 6 (1) (d) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy is 30 cents per head.
Note 1 Subclause (3) identifies an amount that, under the Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996, is destined for the Australian Animal Health Council.
Note 2 A further amount that makes up the levy for cattle other than bobby calves or lot-fed cattle is set out in paragraph 6 (1) (a) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
Note 3 Subclause (3) will remain in force until 31 December 2006 (see Schedule 2 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3)). After that time, the amount destined for the Australian Animal Health Council will be 13 cents per head under paragraph 6 (1) (d) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
Note 4 Amounts of levy for bobby calves are set out in subclause 6 (2) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
[2] Schedule 3, subclause 2 (1)
omit
$1.77
insert
$1.97
[3] Schedule 3, subclause 2 (3), including the notes
substitute
(3) For paragraph 6 (3) (c) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy per head is nil.
Note Subclause (3) identifies an amount that, under the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve Act 1991, is destined for the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve.
(4) For paragraph 6 (3) (d) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy is 30 cents per head.
Note 1 Subclause (4) identifies an amount that, under the Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996, is destined for the Australian Animal Health Council.
Note 2 Subclause (4) will remain in force until 31 December 2006 — see Schedule 2 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3). After that time, the amount destined for the Australian Animal Health Council will be 13 cents per head under paragraph 6 (3) (d) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
Note 3 For the rates of NRS excise levy on cattle transactions, see Schedule 1 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.
Schedule 2 Amendments commencing on 1 January 2007
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 3, subclauses 1A (2) and (3), including the notes
substitute
(2) For paragraph 6 (1) (c) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy per head is nil.
Note 1 Subclause (2) identifies an amount that, under the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve Act 1991, is destined for the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve.
Note 2 Other amounts that make up the levy for cattle other than bobby calves or lot-fed cattle are set out in paragraphs 6 (1) (a) and (d) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
Note 3 Amounts of levy for bobby calves are set out in subclause 6 (2) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
[2] Schedule 3, subclauses 2 (3) and (4), including the notes
substitute
(3) For paragraph 6 (3) (c) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount of levy per head is nil.
Note 1 Subclause (3) identifies an amount that, under the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve Act 1991, is destined for the National Cattle Disease Eradication Reserve.
Note 2 A further amount that makes up the levy for lot-fed cattle is set out in paragraph 6 (3) (d) of Schedule 3 to the Excise Levies Act.
Note 3 For the rates of NRS excise levy on cattle transactions, see Schedule 1 to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998.
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, 152, 217, 234, 258 and 260; 2002 Nos. 3, 55, 68, 107, 155, 192, 274, 287, 290, 294, 307 and 324; 2003 Nos. 3 and 11.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 February 2003.