This instrument is the Primary Industries Legislation (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	1 January 2025.	1 January 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the following:

(a) the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997;

(b) the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997;

(d) the Customs Act 1901;

(e) the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989;

(f) the Wine Australia Act 2013;

(g) the Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Cotton Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

1 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1991

2 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

3 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Regulations 2000

4 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Wool Services Privatisation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2000

5 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Wool Services Privatisation (Wool Levy Poll) Regulations 2003

6 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.

Schedule 2—Consequential amendments

Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Regulations 2023

1 Section 1

Omit “Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Regulations 2023”, substitute “Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2024”.

2 Sections 3 and 4

Repeal the sections, substitute:

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997.

3 Parts 2 and 3

Repeal the Parts.

Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Dairy) Regulations 2019

4 Section 5 (definition of Agriculture Minister)

Omit “Dairy Produce Act 1986”, substitute “Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024”.

5 Section 5 (definition of milk)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

milk means the lacteal fluid product:

(a) of the dairy cow; and

(b) that is unprocessed.

Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Horticulture) Regulations 2017

6 Subclause 39(1) of Schedule 1

Omit “Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000”, substitute “Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024”.

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

7 Subregulation 4K(8) (definition of responsible Minister)

Omit “Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991”, substitute “Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024”.

Wine Australia Regulations 2018

8 At the end of Part 2

Add:

6B Grapes research levy, wine export charge and wine grapes levy

(1) For the purposes of the definition of grapes research levy in subsection 4(1) of the Act, a prescribed provision is Division 68 of Part 2‑4 of Schedule 2 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 2024.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of wine export charge in subsection 4(1) of the Act, a prescribed provision is Division 70 of Part 2‑4 of Schedule 2 to the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2024.

(3) For the purposes of the definition of wine grapes levy in subsection 4(1) of the Act, a prescribed provision is Division 69 of Part 2‑4 of Schedule 2 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 2024.

9 In the appropriate position in Part 10

Insert:

Division 3—Transitional provisions relating to the Primary Industries Legislation (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024

120 Transitional provisions

Division 2 of Part 3 applies on and after the commencement of this section as if a reference to wine export charge included a reference to charge imposed by Schedule 13 to the former Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999.