2004-2005 The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Presented and read a first time Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 (Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) A Bill for an Act to amend the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999, and for related purposes [Page Break] 1 Short title.......................................................................................1 2 Commencement .............................................................................1 3 Schedule(s)....................................................................................2 Schedule 1--Amendments 3 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 3 i Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 [Page Break] 2 (Excise) Levies Act 1999, and for related purposes 3 The Parliament of Australia enacts: 4 1 Short title 5 This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies 6 Amendment (Rice) Act 2005. 7 2 Commencement 8 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 9 commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 10 column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 11 according to its terms. 12 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 1 [Page Break] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 The day on which this Act receives the and anything in Royal Assent. this Act not elsewhere covered by this table 2. Schedule 1 A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. 1 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 2 passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to 3 deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent. 4 (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not 5 part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or 6 edited in any published version of this Act. 7 3 Schedule(s) 8 Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 9 repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 10 concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 11 according to its terms. 2 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 [Page Break] 1 2 Schedule 1--Amendments 3 4 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 5 1 Clause 1 of Schedule 23 (definition of leviable rice) 6 Repeal the definition, substitute: 7 leviable rice means rice of a variety that is specified by the 8 regulations as leviable rice for the purposes of this Schedule. 9 2 Subclause 3(1) of Schedule 23 10 Omit all the words from and including "specified by" to and including 11 "the Gazette", substitute "specified by the regulations for the purposes 12 of this subclause". 13 3 Subclause 3(2) of Schedule 23 14 Omit "instrument", substitute "regulations". 15 4 Subclause 3(2) of Schedule 23 16 Omit "$2.00", substitute "$3.00". 17 5 Subclause 3(3) of Schedule 23 18 Omit "instrument", substitute "regulations". 19 6 Subclause 3(5) of Schedule 23 20 Omit "Minister", substitute "regulations". 21 7 Subclause 3(5) of Schedule 23 22 After "rate is recommended", insert "to the Minister". 23 8 Subclause 3(7) of Schedule 23 24 Omit "Minister has" (wherever occurring), substitute "regulations 25 have". 26 9 Subclause 3(9) of Schedule 23 27 Repeal the subclause. 28 10 Clauses 5 and 8 of Schedule 23 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 3 [Page Break] 1 Repeal the clauses. 2 11 Application of amendments 3 The amendments made by this Schedule apply to leviable rice that is: 4 (a) produced in Australia (whether before or after the 5 commencement of this Schedule); and 6 (b) delivered to a processor after the commencement of this 7 Schedule. 4 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005 No. , 2005