Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 245 PRAWN EXPORT PROMOTION LEVIES AND CHARGES REGULATIONS - REG 7

7. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), charge payable by a person is due for
payment:

   (a)  for chargeable exports exported during the period that begins on 1
        July in a year and ends on 31 December-on or before 28 January in the
        following year; or

   (b)  for chargeable exports exported during the period that begins on 1
        January in a year and ends on 30 June-on or before 28 July in that
        year.

(2) If the total net weight of chargeable exports exported by a person during
a period referred to in paragraph (1) (a) does not exceed 5,000 kilograms:

   (a)  that paragraph does not apply in relation to the chargeable exports
        exported during that period; and

   (b)  for the purposes of subregulation (1), those chargeable exports are
        taken to be exported during the immediately following period referred
        to in paragraph (1) (b).

(3) In this regulation, "chargeable exports" means sea-caught prawns, parts of
sea-caught prawns and sea-caught prawn products. (Note: 1. Under section 15 of
the Export Promotion Act, the liability to charge does not arise until the
total net weight of prawn exports in a financial year exceeds 5,000 kilograms.
2. There is a penalty for unpaid charge-see section 17 of the Export Promotion
Act.)