Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 121
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 23 May 2007
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
SUSSAN LEY
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence on 1 June 2007.
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 7, clause 4
substitute
4              Prescribed amount
                For paragraph (a) of the definition of prescribed amount in subclause 3 (4) of Schedule 7 to the Excise Levies Act, the following amounts are specified:
                (a)    from 1 June 2007 to 30 June 2007 (inclusive) — 6.5 cents;
               (b)    from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2010 (inclusive) — 4 cents;
                (c)    from 1 July 2010 — 6.5 cents.
Note   For the operative rate of NRS excise levy on deer slaughter, see regulation 200 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998.
[2]           Schedule 8
substitute
Schedule 8        Deer velvet
(regulation 5)
1              Rate of levy — sale of deer velvet
                The rate of levy imposed on deer velvet by clause 2 of Schedule 8 to the Excise Levies Act is:
                (a)    from 1 June 2007 to 30 June 2007 (inclusive) — 3.5% of the sale value of the deer velvet; and
               (b)    from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2010 (inclusive) — 2% of the sale value of the deer velvet; and
                (c)    from 1 July 2010 — 3.5% of the sale value of the deer velvet.
2              Rate of levy — deer velvet used in producing other goods
                The rate of levy imposed on deer velvet by clause 3 of Schedule 8 to the Excise Levies Act is:
                (a)    from 1 June 2007 to 30 June 2007 (inclusive) — 3.5% of the declared value of the deer velvet; and
               (b)    from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2010 (inclusive) — 2% of the declared value of the deer velvet; and
                (c)    from 1 July 2010 — 3.5% of the declared value of the deer velvet.
Note
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