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EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 190

STATUTORY RULES 1997, No. 190

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985

Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 9 of the Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe establishment classifications and rates of charge imposed by the Act.

The purpose of the proposed Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to amend the existing meat export establishment registration categories and to increase the existing rates of charge. The expansion in the number of establishment categories provides a distinction of small, medium and large for all cold stores, boning establishments and slaughter establishments.

The fee increases for meat establishment charges are required to off-set the removal of the Government funded subsidy within the Meat Inspection Program of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS). Since the introduction of full cost recovery in 1992, the Government has funded a cost recovery shortfall each financial year. The funding reduction is part of the savings announced by the Government in the 1997/98 Budget and will now be recovered through client charges.

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Amendment

Subregulation 1.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment)

Regulation 2 - Charge for contributing export slaughter establishment (Regulation 12A)

Subregulations 2.1 and 2.2 amends references to items in the revised Schedule 2. Regulation 13 specifies the amounts payable by an export slaughter establishment where a boning of processing establishment is located in the same premises.

Regulation 3 - Apportionment factors for calculation of charge (Regulation 13)

Subregulations 3.1 to 3.5 provide for apportionment of charges for export registered processing and boning establishment where more than one is located in the same premises. The subregulations amend references to items in the revised Schedule 2.

Regulation 4 - Schedule 2 (Registration charges-meat establishments)

Subregulation 3.1 omits Schedule 2 and substitutes an amended Schedule. The new Schedule provides for an expansion in the number of registration categories and increased rates to all charges. The expanded number of categories breaks cold stores, boning establishments and slaughter establishments into small, medium and large.