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2002-2003
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY EXCISE
LEVY RATE CORRECTION (LAMB TRANSACTIONS) BILL 2003
EXPLANATORY
MEMORANDUM
(Circulated
by authority of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Judith Troeth)
NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY EXCISE LEVY RATE CORRECTION (LAMB TRANSACTIONS) BILL 2003
The proposed amendments validate levy already collected at the agreed
rate of 8 cents set in June 1998 in respect of lambs with a sale price of more
than $75 under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue
Survey Levies) Regulations 1998 (the Regulations). Since 1 July 2000 a
levy of 4.7 cents per head has applied through the drafting fault in the
Regulations, rather than the intended rate of 8 cents per head.
The peak
industry body, the Sheep Meat Council of Australia has formally requested that
this drafting fault be amended, and for the validation of the levy already
collected at the agreed rate of 8 cents set in June 1998. The levy is used to
recover the cost of the Lamb Industry's residue monitoring program that is
required for market access.
The proposed amendments to the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy
Act 1998 have no financial impact on the Commonwealth.
This clause provides for the short title of the Act to be the National
Residue Survey Excise Levy Rate Correction (Lamb Transactions) Act
2003.
This clause provides that the Act comes into effect on Royal
Assent.
Clause 3: Definitions
Clause 3 provides for the
definition of lamb, the Levy Act, the Levy Regulations,
sale and sale price to have the same meaning as those in the
National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998 and the Primary
Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations
1998 as in force prior to 30 May 2003.
Clause 4: Sale price
exceeding $75 per head – correction of rate of levy from
1 July 2000 to 30 May 2003
Subsection 4 (1) sets the
correction period for lambs with a sale price of more than $75 per head to apply
for the period starting 1 July 2000 and ending immediately before 30 May
2003.
Subsection 4 (2) (a) allows for a rate of levy of 4 cents per head
for lambs with a sale price of more than $75 per head to have applied for the
period starting 1 July 2000 and ending before 16 November 2001 when the levy was
halved.
Subsection 4 (2) (b) allows for a rate of levy of 8 cents per
head for lambs with a sale price of more than $75 per head to have applied for
the period starting 16 November 2001 and ending before 30 May
2003.
Subsection 4 (3) gives effect to subsection 4(2) despite the
provisions in the Levy Act and the Levy Regulations in force before 30 May
2003.