DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 NO. 59, 1981 

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 NO. 59, 1981 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title  
2. Commencement  
3. Collection Act  
4. Interpretation  
5. Imposition of charge  
6. Rates of charge  
7. By whom charge payable  
8. Regulations  

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
- SECT 1
Short title

                         DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION
                                CHARGE) ACT 1981

                                 No. 59 of 1981

      An Act to impose a charge upon the export of dried fruit

  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
1. This Act may be cited as the Dried Fruit (Export Inspection Charge) Act
1981.*1*

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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Commencement

  2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 July 1981.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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Collection Act

  3. The Dried Fruit (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Act 1981 shall be
incorporated and read as one with this Act.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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Interpretation

  4. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, "charge" means the
charge imposed by this Act.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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Imposition of charge

  5. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), a charge is imposed on dried fruit that
is exported from Australia.
  (2) Sub-section (1) does not apply to dried fruit, or dried fruit included
in a class of dried fruit, that is exempt from the charge under the
regulations.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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Rates of charge

  6. (1) Subject to this section, the rate of charge in respect of dried fruit
is such rate as is applicable under the regulations to the class of dried
fruit in which that dried fruit is included.
  (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), different rates of charge may be
prescribed in respect of different classes of dried fruit.
  (3) The rate of charge in respect of dried fruit shall not exceed $11.00 per
tonne.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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By whom charge payable

  7. The charge on dried fruit exported from Australia is payable by the
person (including a State or an authority of a State) who exports the dried
fruit.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981
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Regulations

  8. The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of sections 5
and 6.

DRIED FRUIT (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981 No. 59 of 1981 - NOTE

                                      NOTE
  1. Act No. 59, of 1981; assented to 12 June 1981.