Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 612

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, 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 5 April 2001

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JUDITH TROETH

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture,

Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 May 2001.

3 Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

  Schedule 1 amends the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999.

4 Sugar Cane Levy Regulations — repeal

  The following Statutory Rules (being regulations made under the Sugar Cane Levy Act 1987 and having effect under Schedule 24 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999) are repealed:

  1990 No. 233

  1992 Nos. 127 and 300

  1995 No. 258.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 24

substitute

Schedule 24 Sugar cane

1 What are the sugar industry organisations

  For the definition of sugar industry organisations in clause 1 of Schedule 24 to the Excise Levies Act, the organisations are:

 (a) the Australian Cane Farmers Association Limited; and

 (b) the Australian Cane Growers Council Limited; and

 (c) the Australian Sugar Milling Council Proprietary Limited.

2 Rate of levy

  For clause 4 of Schedule 24 to the Excise Levies Act, the rate of levy on sugar cane is 12 cents per tonne.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 302, as amended by 2000 Nos. 132, 176, 237 (as amended by 2000 No. 265), 265, 320 and 345; 2001 No. 6.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 April 2001.