Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (COLLECTION OF LEVY) ACT 1994 No. 41 of 1994 - SECT 9

9.(1) If a chemical product:

   (a)  was registered in any jurisdiction during the whole or any part of the
        first 6 months of the year beginning on 1 January 1995 or of a later
        calendar year; and

   (b)  was not registered in any jurisdiction on 1 July in the year
        concerned; then, subject to subsection (2), levy is payable in respect
        of leviable disposals of the product that took place anywhere in
        Australia at any time during those 6 months.

(2) Levy is not payable under subsection (1) in respect of leviable disposals
of a particular chemical product during the first 6 months of a calendar year
if the total leviable value in respect of the product for those 6 months is
less than $50,000.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the interested person in relation to the
chemical product is liable to pay the levy.

(4) If the chemical product was registered as mentioned in subsection (1) in
more than one jurisdiction and different persons are the interested persons in
relation to the product in different jurisdictions, those persons are jointly
and severally liable to pay the levy.