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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2010-2011-2012-2013
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Sugar Research and Development
Services (Consequential Amendments--
Excise) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
A Bill for an Act relating to levy imposed on sugar
cane, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1--Consequential amendments
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Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
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Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
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Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments--Excise) Bill 2013
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A Bill for an Act relating to levy imposed on sugar
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cane, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Sugar Research and Development
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Services (Consequential Amendments--Excise) Act 2013.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
1 July 2013.
1 July 2013
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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(1) Each Act, and each set of regulations, that is specified in a
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Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the
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applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a
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Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
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(2) The amendment of any regulation under subsection (1) does not
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prevent the regulation, as so amended, from being amended or
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repealed by the Governor-General.
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Consequential amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
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Consequential amendments
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Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
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1 Clause 1 of Schedule 24 (definition of accepted sugar cane)
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Repeal the definition.
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2 Clause 1 of Schedule 24 (definition of processing)
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Repeal the definition.
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3 Clause 1 of Schedule 24
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Insert:
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season means the period that:
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(a) begins on 1 March in a year; and
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(b) ends on 28 February in the following year.
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4 Clause 1 of Schedule 24 (definition of sugar cane)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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sugar cane means:
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(a) stalks (whether whole or not) of the sugar cane plant; or
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(b) stalks (whether whole or not) and leaves of the sugar cane
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plant.
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5 Clause 1 of Schedule 24 (definition of sugar mill)
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Repeal the definition.
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6 Clauses 2 and 3 of Schedule 24
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Repeal the clauses, substitute:
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2 Processing establishments
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For the purposes of this Schedule, premises in Australia are a
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processing establishment during a season if sugar cane processed
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at those premises during the season amounts, or amounted, to
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3,000 tonnes or more.
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Schedule 1 Consequential amendments
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3 Imposition of levy
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(1) Levy is imposed on sugar cane if:
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(a) the sugar cane is sold to a processing establishment after the
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commencement of this clause; or
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(b) the sugar cane is grown by a processing establishment and,
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after the commencement of this clause, is processed by the
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establishment; or
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(c) the sugar cane is processed by a processing establishment
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after the commencement of this clause on behalf of the owner
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of the sugar cane.
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(2) For the purpose of subclause (1), sugar cane is taken to be sold to a
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processing establishment when the first payment for the sugar cane
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is made, whether the payment represents the whole, or part only, of
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the purchase price for the sugar cane.
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7 Clause 4 of Schedule 24
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Omit "15 cents per tonne or such other rate (not exceeding 15 cents per
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tonne)", substitute "70 cents per tonne or such other rate".
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8 Clause 5 of Schedule 24
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Omit "accepted" (first occurring).
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9 Paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 24
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(a) as to 50% of the levy--by the producer of the sugar cane;
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and
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10 Paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 24
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Omit "accepted".
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11 Clauses 6 and 7 of Schedule 24
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Repeal the clauses, substitute:
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6 Regulations
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Before the Governor-General makes regulations for the purposes of
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clause 4, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant
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Consequential amendments Schedule 1
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recommendation arising out of consultations between the Minister
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and the sugar industry organisations.
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12 Transitional provision
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period of season for first year
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Despite the definition of season in clause 1 of Schedule 24 to the
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Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999, for the purpose of the
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definition of processing establishment in clause 2 of that Schedule, the
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period beginning on 1 July 2013 and ending on 28 February 2014 is
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taken to be a season.
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Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999
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13 Clause 2 of Schedule 24
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Repeal the clause.
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14 Part 6 of Schedule 27
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Repeal the Part.
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