Primary Industries (Excise) Levies (Designated Bodies) Amendment Declaration 2015

I, Barnaby Joyce, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, make the following declaration.

Dated 8 December 2015

Barnaby Joyce
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources

Contents

1. Name …………….. …………………………………………………………… 1

2. Commencement ……………………………………………………………….. 1

3. Authority …………………………………………………………….……….... 1

4. Schedules…………………….…………………………………………….…... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments         2

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies (Designated Bodies) Amendment Declaration 2015 2

1  Name

 This is the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies (Designated Bodies) Amendment Declaration 2015.

2 Commencement

  This declaration commences on 1 January 2016.

3  Authority

 This instrument is made under clause 13 of Schedule 27 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

4  Schedules

 Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 (Excise) Levies (Designated Bodies) Declaration 2013

1  At the end of section 4

Add, after subsection (2): 

(3)   For the purposes of Part 4 of Schedule 27 to the Act, Wine Grape Growers Australia Incorporated (ABN 15 475 806 313) is declared to be a designated body in relation to:

(a)    prescribed goods on which a levy is imposed in accordance with Schedule 13 (Grapes) of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999; and

Note: Prescribed goods has the meaning given by clause 1 of Schedule 13 (Grapes) to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 and includes:

(a)     fresh grapes; and

(b)     dried grapes; and

(c)     grape juice, whether single strength or concentrated;

being grapes or grape juice produced in Australia.

(b)    prescribed goods on which a levy is imposed in accordance with Schedule 26 (Wine Grapes) of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.

Note: Prescribed goods has the meaning given by clause 1 of Schedule 26 (Wine grapes) to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 and includes:

(a)     fresh grapes; and

(b)     dried grapes; and

(c)     grape juice, whether single strength or concentrated;

being grapes or grape juice produced in Australia.