EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 457

EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 457

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 457

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

Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985

Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 9 of the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) 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 (Quantity Charge) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe establishment classifications and rates of charge imposed by the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985.

The purpose of the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to add an additional establishment classification and charge. The new classification sets a higher charge for establishments owned by, or part of, a corporation or co-operative which exported more than 2000 tonnes of dairy produce in the previous financial year. A corresponding decrease in the export charge imposed by regulation under the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 will result.

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Subregulation 1.1 provides for the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) to commence on 1 January 1995.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Subregulation 2.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 3 - (Interpretation)

Subregulation 3.1 inserts definitions for "co-operative" and "corporation".

Regulation 4 - Schedule 1 (registration charges for non-meat establishments)

Subregulation 4.1 inserts the new charge category after item 10 in the schedule. The new charge will be $3,100 per annum.