Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 3)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 111
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 3 June 2010
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
TONY BURKE
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Contents
                        1     Name of Regulations                                                        2
                        2     Commencement                                                              2
                        3     Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999    2
Schedule 1             Amendments commencing on day after registration     3
Schedule 2             Further amendments                                                     6
 
 
 
 
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 3).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence as follows:
                 (a)     on the day after they are registered — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;
                (b)     on the first day of the first month after the month in which Schedule 1 commences — Schedule 2.
3              Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
                Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1        Amendments commencing on day after registration
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Reader’s Guide, paragraph 2A
substitute
2A.      Levies are also imposed on some plant products to fund national emergency plant pest responses and the activities of Plant Health Australia Limited.
[2]           Schedule 15, Part 15, after the heading
insert
Division 15.1  Product levy
[3]           Schedule 15, after clause 15.5
insert
Division 15.2  Special purpose levies
15.6        EPPR levy
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy is imposed on stone fruit on which levy is imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act.
         (2)   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of EPPR levy on stone fruit is nil.
         (3)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy on stone fruit is payable by the producer of the stone fruit.
Note   In relation to EPPR levy, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.
[4]           Schedule 15, Part 20, after the heading
insert
Division 20.1  Product levy
[5]           Schedule 15, after clause 20.5
insert
Division 20.2  Special purpose levies
20.6        EPPR levy
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy is imposed on table grapes on which levy is imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act.
         (2)   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of EPPR levy on table grapes is nil.
         (3)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy on table grapes is payable by the producer of the table grapes.
Note   In relation to EPPR levy, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.
[6]           Schedule 24, after the heading
insert
Part 1          Product levy
[7]           Schedule 24, after clause 2
insert
Part 2          Special purpose levies
3              EPPR levy
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy is imposed on sugar cane on which levy is imposed by Schedule 24 to the Excise Levies Act.
         (2)   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of EPPR levy on sugar cane is nil.
         (3)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy on sugar cane is payable by the producer of the sugar cane.
Note   In relation to EPPR levy, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.
[8]           Schedule 25, Part 1, heading
substitute
Part 1          Product levy
Schedule 2        Further amendments
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Schedule 15, Part 3, after the heading
insert
Division 3.1    Product levy
[2]           Schedule 15, paragraph 3.4 (a)
omit
0.73
insert
0.72
[3]           Schedule 15, clause 3.4A
omit
[4]           Schedule 15, after clause 3.5
insert
Division 3.2    Special purpose levies
3.6           PHA levy
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy is imposed on apples (other than juicing apples or processing apples) on which levy is imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act.
         (2)   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of PHA levy on apples is 0.02 of a cent per kilogram of apples.
         (3)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy on apples is payable by the producer of the apples.
3.7           EPPR levy
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy is imposed on apples and pears on which levy is imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act.
         (2)   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act:
                (a)    the rate of EPPR levy on apples is nil; and
               (b)    the rate of EPPR levy on pears is nil.
         (3)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy on apples is payable by the producer of the apples.
         (4)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, EPPR levy on pears is payable by the producer of the pears.
Note   In relation to EPPR levy, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.