Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 4)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 246
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 10 November 2005
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
RICHARD COLBECK
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 4).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Act 2005.
3              Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
                Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1        Amendment
(regulation 3)
  
[1]           Schedule 23, clauses 1 and 2
substitute
1              Leviable rice varieties
                For the purposes of Schedule 23 to the Excise Levies Act, the following varieties of rice are specified:
                (a)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Amaroo;
               (b)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Doongara;
                (c)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Experimental;
               (d)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Illabong;
                (e)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Jarrah;
                (f)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Koshihikari;
                (g)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Kyeema;
                (h)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Langi;
                 (i)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Mixed Varieties;
                (j)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Opus;
               (k)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Quest;
                 (l)    Oryza sativa L. cv. Reiziq.
2              Rate of levy
                For subclause 3 (1) of Schedule 23 to the Excise Levies Act, the amount specified as the rate of levy is:
                (a)    before 1 January 2009 — $2.97 per tonne of rice; and
               (b)    on or after 1 January 2009 — $1.97 per tonne of rice.
3              PHA levy
         (1)   For clause 2 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy is imposed on leviable rice.
         (2)   For clause 6 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of PHA levy on leviable rice is 3 cents per tonne of rice.
         (3)   For clause 11 of Schedule 27 to the Excise Levies Act, PHA levy on leviable rice is payable by the producer of the rice.
Note
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