Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2014

Select Legislative Instrument No. 54, 2014

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 29 May 2014

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Barnaby Joyce

Minister for Agriculture

Contents

1 Name of regulation

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000

1  Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2014.

2  Commencement

  This regulation commences on 1 July 2014.

3  Authority

  This regulation is made under the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999.

4  Schedule(s)

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2000

1  Clause 17.8 of Schedule 10 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

17.8  EPPR charge

2  Before clause 19.1 of Schedule 10

Insert:

Division 19.1—Product charge

3  Clause 19.1 of Schedule 10 (note 2)

Repeal the note, substitute:

Note 2: Clause 19.2 intentionally not used.

4  After clause 19.1 of Schedule 10

Insert:

19.3  Rate of charge—marketing component

  For subclause 3(3) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of charge is $1.00 per tonne of hard onions.

Note: Subclause 2(2) of Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act provides that charge is not imposed on chargeable horticulture products if the producer has paid levy imposed by Schedule 15 to the Excise Levies Act, or by the repealed Horticultural Levy Act 1987, on those products.

5  Clause 19.4 of Schedule 10

Omit “$1.60”, substitute “$2.90”.

6  At the end of Part 19 of Schedule 10

Add:

Division 19.2—Special purpose charges

19.6  PHA charge

 (1) For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on hard onions on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.

 (2) For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge is 10 cents per tonne of hard onions.

 (3) For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on hard onions is payable by the producer of the hard onions.

19.7  EPPR charge

 (1) For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge is imposed on hard onions on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.

 (2) For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of EPPR charge on hard onions is nil.

 (3) For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, EPPR charge on hard onions is payable by the producer of the hard onions.

7  Before regulation 21.6 of Schedule 10

Insert:

21.5A  PHA charge

 (1) For clause 2 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge is imposed on mangoes on which charge is imposed by Schedule 10 to the Customs Charges Act.

 (2) For clause 5 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, the rate of PHA charge on mangoes is 0.029 of a cent per kilogram of mangoes.

 (3) For clause 10 of Schedule 14 to the Customs Charges Act, PHA charge on mangoes is payable by the producer of the mangoes.

8  Subregulation 21.6(2) of Schedule 10

Omit “nil”, substitute “0.114 of a cent per kilogram of mangoes”.