EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 371

EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 371

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 371

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

Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985

Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 10 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral 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, and, in particular, exempting a class or classes of a prescribed commodity from charge, and prescribing different rates of charge in respect of different classes of prescribed commodity.

The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe quantity charges payable by persons in whose name an export permit is issued under the Export Control Act 1982 by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.

The purpose of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) is to lower the rate of quantity charge for dairy produce from $3.00 to $1.53 per tonne, and to remove the quantity charge for dried fruit of $2.00 per tonne.

The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) amends the Regulations as follows:

Regulation 1 - Amendment

Subregulation 1.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 2 - Schedule (Rates of Charge)

Subregulation 2.1 provides that the existing schedule is replaced with an amended schedule. The schedule sets a quantity charge for dairy produce of $1.53 per tonne. The schedule removes the category of dried fruit and re-numbers the items for ease of reading.