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EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) 1998 NO. 75

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1998 NO. 75

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. Export establishments are classified into meat and non-meat categories. Meat establishments are classified into categories of storing, slaughtering, boning, casings or processing plants depending on the type of activity that is undertaken. Non-meat establishments incorporate fish, dairy, dried fruit, and plant commodities and, as with meat, are classified into categories.

The purpose of the proposed Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to amend the existing legislative descriptions of charges for registration of establishments involved in the storage, processing or packing of fish or fish products. Industry has endorsed the Amendment in recognition of the need to introduce revised descriptions of registration charges to ensure equity in their application to all registered establishments within the Export Fish Industry and to provide clarification of the various registration classifications relevant to those establishments.

In addition to the revised legislative descriptions, a standard charge applicable to establishments that partially process fish or fish products prior to export is introduced by the Amendment.

The Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) amends the Regulations as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Subregulation 1. 1 provides that the Regulations as amended will commence on 5 May 1998.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Subregulation 2.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 3 - (Registration charges for non-meat establishments)

Subregulation 3.1 omits the existing Schedule 1 and substitutes an amended Schedule 1. The new Schedule provides for the application of revised classifications of registered operations that store, process or pack fish or fish products for export. In addition, a standard classification and annual registration charge relevant to establishments that partially process fish or fish products prior to export is introduced in the Schedule.


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