Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Vegetables) Regulations 2025
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 26 June 2025
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Julie Collins
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2024
This instrument is the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Vegetables) Regulations 2025.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 July 2025. | 1 July 2025 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 2024.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 At the end of subclause 50‑1(2) of Schedule 2
Add:
Note: Division 64 imposes charge on vegetables. That Division includes vegetables in the family Cucurbitaceae, such as pumpkin and cucumber.
2 At the end of subclause 53‑1(2) of Schedule 2
Add:
Note: Division 64 imposes charge on vegetables (including shallots).
3 Subclause 64‑1(3) of Schedule 2 (note)
Omit “Note”, substitute “Note 1”.
4 Subclause 64‑1(3) of Schedule 2 (note)
Omit “However, other species or varieties of melon, such as pumpkin and cucumber, may be covered by subclause (1) of this clause.”, substitute “However, subclause (1) of this clause applies to vegetables in the family Cucurbitaceae, such as pumpkin and cucumber.”.
5 At the end of subclause 64‑1(3) of Schedule 2 (after the note)
Add:
Note 2: Division 53 imposes charge on onions, Division 58 imposes charge on potatoes and Division 63 imposes charge on sweet potatoes.