Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 2)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 110
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 (Customs) Charges 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 (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000          2
Schedule 1             Amendments commencing on day after registration     3
Schedule 2             Further amendments                                                     5
 
 
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 2).
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 (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000
                Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000.
Schedule 1        Amendments commencing on day after registration
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Reader’s Guide, paragraph 2A
substitute
2A.      Charges are also imposed on some plant products to fund national emergency plant pest responses and the activities of Plant Health Australia Limited.
[2]           Schedule 10, Part 15, after the heading
insert
Division 15.1  Product charge
[3]           Schedule 10, after clause 15.5
insert
Division 15.2  Special purpose charges
15.6        EPPR charge
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge is imposed on stone fruit on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.
         (2)   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of EPPR charge on stone fruit is nil.
         (3)   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge on stone fruit is payable by the producer of the stone fruit.
Note   In relation to EPPR charge, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.
[4]           Schedule 10, Part 20, after the heading
insert
Division 20.1  Product charge
[5]           Schedule 10, after clause 20.5
insert
Division 20.2  Special purpose charges
20.6        EPPR charge
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge is imposed on table grapes on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.
         (2)   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of EPPR charge on table grapes is nil.
         (3)   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge on table grapes is payable by the producer of the table grapes.
Note   In relation to EPPR charge, see Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002.
Schedule 2        Further amendments
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Schedule 10, Part 3, after the heading
insert
Division 3.1    Product charge
[2]           Schedule 10, paragraph 3.4 (a)
omit
0.73
insert
0.72
[3]           Schedule 10, clause 3.4A
omit
[4]           Schedule 10, after clause 3.5
insert
Division 3.2    Special purpose charges
3.6           PHA charge
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on apples.
         (2)   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on apples is 0.02 of a cent per kilogram of apples.
         (3)   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on apples is payable by the producer of the apples.
3.7           EPPR charge
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge is imposed on apples and pears on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.
         (2)   For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act:
                (a)    the rate of EPPR charge on apples is nil; and
               (b)    the rate of EPPR charge on pears is nil.
         (3)   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge on apples is payable by the producer of the apples.
         (4)   For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge on pears is payable by the producer of the pears.
Note   In relation to EPPR charge, 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.