Imported Food Control Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1
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 Imported Food Control Act 1992.
Dated 18 December 2003
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
WARREN TRUSS
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Imported Food Control Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 12 January 2004.
3 Amendment of Imported Food Control Regulations 1993
Schedule 1 amends the Imported Food Control Regulations 1993.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Regulation 3, before definition of batch
insert
Australian Customs Service entry management system means the computerised import control system used by the Australian Customs Service and AQIS.
[2] Regulation 3, definition of consignment
substitute
consignment means food of a particular kind that comprises 1 or more batches imported by the same owner at the same time and described by a single line in an import entry.
[3] Regulation 3, definition of Joint Entry Management System
omit
[4] Schedule 2, items 2 and 3
substitute
2. | Assessment of information in relation to a consignment of food, other than an assessment as part of an inspection under item 1, for inclusion in a food control certificate for an import entry to which a recognised foreign government certificate relates | For the assessment in relation to the import entry: (a) for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, of service — $35.50; or (b) during the period 12 January 2004 to 11 January 2005 inclusive, for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, of service — $14 |
3. | Assessment of information in relation to a consignment of food, other than an assessment as part of an inspection under item 1, for inclusion in a food control certificate | For the assessment in relation to an import entry: (a) for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, of service — $35.50; or (b) during the period 12 January 2004 to 11 January 2005 inclusive, for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour of service — $14 |
[5] Schedule 2, item 5
substitute
5. | Making an import entry | (a) For the lodgement of an electronic entry in the Australian Customs Service entry management system: (i) $8; or (ii) during the period 12 January 2004 to 11 January 2005 inclusive — $3 (b) For an entry of any other kind: (i) $14; or (ii) during the period 12 January 2004 to 11 January 2005 inclusive — $7 |
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1993 No. 100, as amended by 1995 Nos. 172 and 269; 1996 No. 194; 1997 Nos. 289 and 321; 1998 No. 69; 1999 No. 280; 2002 No. 242.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 2003.