Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 6)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 206

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.

Dated 10 August 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

SUSSAN LEY

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 6).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 15 August 2006.

3 Amendment of Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations 1991

  Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations 1991.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 36, clause 8

substitute

8 When levy is due for payment

 (1) For section 6 of the Collection Act, this clause sets out when levy payable on prescribed goods for a levy year is due for payment.

 (2) For prescribed goods that do not weigh more than 100 tonnes, levy payable for a levy year is due for payment on the last day for lodging a return for that year.

 (3) For prescribed goods that weigh more than 100 tonnes:

 (a) 50% of levy payable for a levy year is due for payment on the last day for lodging a return for that year; and

 (b) the remainder of levy payable is due for payment on 31 March in the following levy year.

Note   For penalty for late payment, see section 15 of the Collection Act.

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