Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 2)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 93
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.
Dated 20 May 2010
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
TONY BURKE
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 2).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence on 1 July 2010.
3              Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
                Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Schedule 15, Part 13, clause 13.1, note
omit
[2]           Schedule 15, Part 13, after clause 13.1
insert
13.2        Passionfruit that are exempt from levy
                For paragraph 2 (4) (a) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, passionfruit are exempt from levy if:
                (a)    the passionfruit are sold by a producer by retail sale; and
               (b)    the total amount of levy that the producer would be liable to pay in the levy year on passionfruit sold by retail sale would be less than $100.
Note   For passionfruit:
(a)   levy year is defined in clause 13.3 of Schedule 22 to the Collection Regulations; and
(b)   retail sale is defined in clause 13.2 of Schedule 22 to the Collection Regulations.
13.3        Rates of levy — marketing component
                For subclause 4 (1) of Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, the following rates of levy are prescribed:
                (a)    for fresh passionfruit that is packed in cartons — 20 cents per carton;
               (b)    for fresh passionfruit that is not packed in cartons — 20 cents per 8 kilograms of passionfruit;
                (c)    for processing passionfruit — 1.5 cents per kilogram of passionfruit.
Note   For passionfruit, carton is defined in clause 13.2 of Schedule 22 to the Collection Regulations.
[3]           Schedule 15, Part 13, paragraph 13.4 (c)
omit
$15 per tonne of passionfruit.
insert
1.5 cents per kilogram of passionfruit.
Note
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