Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Dried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Amendment Act 1985 No. 32 of 1985 - SECT 2

2. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following sub-sections:

"(2) The rate of levy fixed by the regulations referred to in sub-section (1)
in respect of dried fruit of a specified kind produced during a season, being
a season commencing on or after 1 January 1986, shall be a rate that the
Minister considers, after consultation with the Corporation to ascertain its
estimate of-

   (a)  the amount per tonne that is likely to be the average export return
        for dried fruit of that kind produced during that season;

   (b)  the volume of dried fruit of that kind that is likely to be produced
        during that season; and

   (c)  the proportion of that volume that is likely to be exported and the
        proportion of that volume that is likely to be used for human
        consumption in Australia, will be such that it is unlikely that the
        amount specified in the rate of equalization payments in respect of
        dried fruit of that kind produced in that season will exceed the
        amount that is the prescribed percentage for fruit of that kind for
        that season of the amount specified in the average export return for
        dried fruit of that kind produced in that season.

"(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), the prescribed percentage for
currants for a season is-

   (a)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1986-40.4%;

   (b)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1987-34.1%;

   (c)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1988-27.8%;

   (d)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1989-21.5%; and

   (e)  in the case of a later season-15%.



"(4) For the purposes of sub-section (2), the prescribed percentage for
sultanas for a season is-

   (a)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1986-32.4%;

   (b)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1987-28%;

   (c)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1988-23.6%;

   (d)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1989-19.2%; and

   (e)  in the case of a later season-15%.



"(5) For the purposes of sub-section (2), the prescribed percentage for
raisins for a season is-

   (a)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1986-79.4%;

   (b)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1987-63.3%;

   (c)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1988-47.2%;

   (d)  in the case of the season commencing on 1 January 1989-31.1%; and

   (e)  in the case of a later season-15%.".