1998

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment Bill 1998

No.      , 1998

(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

A Bill for an Act to amend the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998, and for related purposes

ISBN:  0642 379211

Contents
1	Short title	1
2	Commencement	1
3	Schedule(s)	2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998	3

A Bill for an Act to amend the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  Short title
		This Act may be cited as the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment Act 1998.
2  Commencement
		This Act commences on the commencement of section 1 of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998.
3  Schedule(s)
		Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998
  
1  Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1 (definitions of cattle, dairy cattle, licensed dairy farmer and lot‑fed cattle)
Omit “the Cattle Transactions Levy Act 1997”, substitute “Schedule 3 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998”.
2  Subparagraph 2(2)(d)(iii) of Schedule 1
Omit “the Beef Production Levy Act 1990”, substitute “Schedule 1 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998”.
3  Clause 1 of Schedule 2
Insert:
leviable amount, in relation to a levy year, means:
	(a)	$50; or
	(b)	if, before the commencement of the levy year, another amount is prescribed in relation to that year, that prescribed amount.
4  After subclause 5(1) of Schedule 2
Insert:
	(1A)	If, in a levy year:
	(a)	leviable coarse grain is delivered to a particular person by producers of leviable coarse grain; and
	(b)	apart from this subclause, the total amount of National Residue Survey Levy imposed by this Schedule on the grain would be less than the leviable amount;
National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on the grain.
5  After subclause 5(2) of Schedule 2
Insert:
	(2A)	If, in a levy year:
	(a)	a producer processes leviable coarse grain that the producer has produced; and
	(b)	paragraph (2)(b) does not apply in respect of the grain; and
	(c)	apart from this subclause, the total amount of National Residue Survey Levy imposed by this Schedule on the grain would be less than the leviable amount;
National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on the grain.
6  Clause 2 of Schedule 3
Omit “and before 1 July 2000” (wherever occurring).
7  Paragraph 2(2)(d) of Schedule 7
Omit “or paragraph 4(2)(d) of the”, substitute “, paragraph 2(2)(c) of Schedule 14 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998 or paragraph 4(2)(d) of the repealed”.
8  Clause 1 of Schedule 9 (definition of horticultural products)
Omit “the Horticultural Levy Act 1987”, substitute “Schedule 15 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998”.
9  Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 15 (definitions of lamb, sheep and slaughter)
Omit “the Live‑stock Transactions Levy Act 1997”, substitute “Schedule 18 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998”.