RICE LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 186

RICE LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 186

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 186

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

Rice Levy Act 1991

Rice Levy Regulations (Amendment)

The Rice Levy Act 1991 (the Act) provides for the imposition of a levy on leviable rice varieties. The amount raised by the levy, along with matching Commonwealth funds, is used to finance research of benefit to the rice industry. The rice research scheme and associated administrative arrangements are authorised by the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

Section 3 of the Act provides for leviable rice varieties to be prescribed by regulations.

Section 6 of the Act provides for a rate of levy for a variety of rice to be recommended by the State marketing authority for the state in which that variety is harvested.

The Regulations provide for additional rice varieties to be levied.

A recommendation has been received from the Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales which included additional rice varieties.

Details of the Regulations are set out below:

Regulation 1 provides for the Rice Levy Regulations to be amended.

Regulation 2 provides a list of the additional varieties of rice to be added to Regulation 3 of the Rice Levy Regulations, for the purpose of section 3 of the Act.

The regulations commenced on gazettal.