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Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024
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C2025C00158 (C01)
21 February 2025
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Simplified outline of this Act
4 Definitions
5 Act binds Crown
6 Application of this Act in external Territories
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Part 2—Collection of levy or charge
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Division 1—Introduction
7 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Payment of levy or charge
8 Payment of levy or charge
9 Late payment penalty
Division 3—Payment by collection agents of amounts equal to levy or charge
10 Payment of amounts equal to levy or charge
11 Late payment penalty
Division 4—Collection agreements
12 Collection agreements
Division 5—Recovery and refund of amounts
13 Debt recovery
14 Refund of amounts
15 Recovery by reduction of future liability
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Part 3—Giving returns or notices and making and keeping records under the rules
16 Simplified outline of this Part
17 Penalties for failure to give return or notice under the rules
18 Penalties for failure to make or keep records under the rules
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Part 4—Compliance and enforcement
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Division 1—Introduction
19 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Monitoring
20 Monitoring powers
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Division 3—Investigation
21 Investigation powers
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Division 4—Civil penalty provisions
22 Civil penalty provisions
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Division 5—Infringement notices
23 Infringement notices
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Division 6—Injunctions
24 Injunctions
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Part 5—Information management
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Division 1—Introduction
25 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Information gathering
26 Secretary may require information or documents
27 Inspection and retention of documents and provision of certified copy of documents
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Division 3—Authorised uses and disclosures of information
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Subdivision A—Use or disclosure of relevant levy/charge information
28 Use or disclosure for administering Acts or rules or for agricultural research or policy development etc.
29 Disclosure to Commonwealth entities
30 Use or disclosure of information for the purposes of other Acts
31 Disclosure of information about persons giving returns and collection agents
32 Disclosure of information to be used for maintaining register of levy payers or charge payers etc.
33 Disclosure for the purposes of law enforcement
34 Disclosure to State or Territory body
35 Disclosure to a court, tribunal etc.
36 Use or disclosure of statistics
37 Use or disclosure of publicly available information
38 Disclosure to person to whom information relates
39 Use or disclosure with consent
40 Disclosure to person who provided information
41 Use or disclosure authorised by rules
Subdivision B—Secondary use or disclosure for declared recipient bodies or statutory recipient bodies
42 Secondary use of information for maintaining register of levy payers or charge payers etc.
43 Secondary disclosure of statistics or of information to approved person or body
44 Approvals for secondary disclosure by declared recipient bodies or statutory recipient bodies
Division 4—Protected information
45 Offence and civil penalty—use or disclosure of protected information
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Part 6—Other matters
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Division 1—Introduction
46 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Civil penalty provisions for false or misleading information or documents
47 Civil penalty provisions for false or misleading information or documents
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Division 3—Reconsideration and review of decisions
48 Internal reconsideration of decisions
49 Administrative Review Tribunal review of decisions
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Division 4—Self incrimination and court orders
50 Self incrimination etc.
51 Court orders
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Division 5—Other provisions
52 Appointment of compliance officers
53 Secretary may arrange for use of computer programs to make decisions
54 Delegation by Secretary
55 Electronic system for giving returns or information
56 Treatment of partnerships
57 Treatment of trusts
58 Treatment of unincorporated bodies or associations
59 Rules
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history