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EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT CHARGES COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 369

EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT CHARGES COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 369

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 369

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985

Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations (Amendment)

Section 17 of the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations (the Regulations) make provision for the collection of charges imposed by the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985, the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985, the Export Inspection (Service Charge) Act 1985 and the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993.

The purpose of the Regulations is to allow for the Secretary or his/her delegate to remit some or all of the amount of a charge imposed under the above Acts subject to certain conditions.

The regulations will provide a mechanism to enable revenue collections which are surplus to cost recovery requirements in any year to be used to provide fee rebates during the subsequent financial year.

The Regulations commenced on gazettal.

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Amendment

Subregulation 1.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 2 - Regulation 6 (Refund or remission of charge)

Regulation 2 inserts new subregulations 6 (8) and (9) which enable the Secretary to remit some or all of a charge imposed under the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985; the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985; the Expo Inspection (Service Charge) Act 1985 or the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993 subject to cost recovery levels and the amount of charge which has been or is liable to be paid.

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