Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HORTICULTURAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 46 of 1989 - SECT 6

6. After section 47 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Corporation may enter into agreements with persons collecting levy, charge or
penalty

"47A. (1) The Corporation may enter into an agreement, in writing, with any
person who is responsible, under section 7 or 7A of the Levy Collection Act or
of the Export Charge Collection Act, for the collection of amounts for payment
to the Commonwealth, providing for payment by the Corporation to that person
in respect of the collection of so much of the amounts collected as are paid
to the Corporation.

"(2) The Corporation may enter into an agreement, in writing, with any person
who has agreed, in accordance with subsection 7B (1) of the Levy Collection
Act or of the Export Charge Collection Act, to collect amounts on behalf of
the Commonwealth, providing for payment by the Corporation to that person in
respect of the collection of so much of the amounts collected as are paid to
the Corporation.

"(3) The Corporation shall not, in exercising its powers under subsection (1)
or (2):

   (a)  discriminate between States or parts of States within the meaning of
        paragraph 51 (ii) of the Constitution; or

   (b)  give preference to one State or any part thereof over another State or
        any part thereof within the meaning of section 99 of the
        Constitution.".