Imported Food Control Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 235
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 Imported Food Control Act 1992.
Dated 17 September 2009
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 Imported Food Control Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3              Amendment of Imported Food Control Regulations 1993
                Schedule 1 amends the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993.
4              Transitionals
         (1)   Subregulations (2) and (3) only apply if:
                (a)    before the amendments made by Schedule 1 commence, a person pays to the Commonwealth, under paragraph 36 (3) (a) of the Imported Food Control Act 1992, the payable amount in respect of the provision of a chargeable service that has not yet been rendered; and
               (b)    after the amendments commence, the service is rendered.
         (2)   Despite the amendments made by Schedule 1, the person mentioned in subregulation (1) is not liable to pay any further amount under section 36 of the Imported Food Control Act 1992, unless subregulation (3) applies.
         (3)   If a person mentioned in subregulation (1) is provided with the chargeable service at a time that is outside the ordinary hours of duty of the officer providing the service, paragraph 33 (1) (b) of the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993, as in force after the amendments in Schedule 1 commence, will apply.
         (4)   Despite the amendments made by Schedule 1, if
                (a)    before the amendments commence, a person is provided with a chargeable service; and
               (b)    at the time the amendments commence, the person has not paid to the Commonwealth the payable amount in respect of the provision of the service;
the person is only liable to pay the payable amount specified by regulation 33 of the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993 as in force at the time the service was rendered.
Note   Chargeable service is defined in subsection 36 (11) of the Imported Food Control Act 1992.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(regulation 3)
 
[1]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 1, column 3, paragraph (a)
omit
$714
insert
$900
[2]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 1, column 3, subparagraph (b) (i)
omit
$80
insert
$90
[3]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 1, column 3, subparagraph (b) (ii)
omit
$40
insert
$45
[4]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 2, column 3
substitute
For each entry:
   (a)  for an assessment based only on information in the entry:
         (i)   for the first half hour, or part of a half hour — $40; and
        (ii)   for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the first half hour — $40; and
   (b)  if the officer performing the assessment requires additional information to perform the assessment — an additional $40
[5]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 3, column 3, paragraph (a)
substitute
   (a)  for an assessment based only on information in the entry:
         (i)   for the first half hour, or part of a half hour — $40; and
        (ii)   for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the first half hour — $40; and
[6]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 3, column 3, paragraph (b)
omit
$27
insert
$40
[7]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 4, column 3, paragraph (a)
omit
$80
insert
$90
[8]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 4, column 3, paragraph (b)
omit
$40
insert
$45
[9]           Schedule 2, Part 3, item 5, column 2
omit
Part 1
insert
Part 2
[10]         Schedule 2, Part 3, item 5, column 3, paragraph (a)
omit
$10
insert
$16
[11]         Schedule 2, Part 3, item 5, column 3, subparagraph (b) (i)
omit
$120
insert
$192
[12]         Schedule 2, Part 3, item 5, column 3, subparagraph (b) (ii)
omit
$10
insert
$16
[13]         Schedule 2, Part 3, item 6, column 3
omit
Saturday
insert
Saturday, Sunday or AQIS holiday
[14]         Schedule 2, Part 3, item 6, column 3, paragraph (a)
omit
$120
insert
$288
[15]         Schedule 2, Part 3, item 6, column 3, paragraph (b)
omit
$10
insert
$24
[16]         Schedule 2, Part 3, items 7 and 8
omit
Note
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