Customs Charges and Levies Legislation Amendment (Sheep and Lamb) Act 2020

No. 144, 2020

An Act to amend the law relating to duties of customs in respect of sheep and lamb, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

Customs Charges and Levies Legislation Amendment (Sheep and Lamb) Act 2020

No. 144, 2020

An Act to amend the law relating to duties of customs in respect of sheep and lamb, and for related purposes

[Assented to 17 December 2020]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act is the Customs Charges and Levies Legislation Amendment (Sheep and Lamb) Act 2020.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3  Schedules

  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998

1  Clause 1 of Schedule 5

Repeal the clause, substitute:

1  Definitions

  In this Schedule:

lamb means an ovine animal that:

 (a) is under 12 months of age; or

 (b) does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear.

sheep does not include lambs.

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

2  Clause 1 of Schedule 11 (definition of lamb)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

lamb means an ovine animal that:

 (a) is under 12 months of age; or

 (b) does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear.

3  Clause 1 of Schedule 12 (definition of lamb)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

lamb means an ovine animal that:

 (a) is under 12 months of age; or

 (b) does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear.

4  Application provision

 The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to the export of sheep or lambs from Australia on or after 1 January 2021.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 17 June 2020

Senate on 8 December 2020]