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EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2000 (NO. 1) 2000 NO. 26

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 26

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry

Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985

Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)

Section 10 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral 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; and, in particular, exempting a class or classes of a prescribed commodity from a charge and, prescribing different rates of charge in respect of different classes of a prescribed commodity.

The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations 1985 prescribe quantity charges payable by persons in whose name an export permit is issued under the Export Control Act 1982 by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS). The quantity charges are part of a mix of charges agreed by industry to recover the costs of providing export inspection services.

Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1) (the regulations) reduce the rate of charge for grain that is shipped for export in a container system, and, is prepared. for export using a system implemented under a certification assurance arrangement. The regulations also correct some minor drafting errors and make some minor technical amendments.

The amendment reduces a charge that was introduced in February 1999 for grain that is shipped for export in a container system, and, is prepared for export using a system implemented under a certification assurance arrangement. The reduction arises following an over recovery of costs from grain exporters in the last financial year which has continued into the current financial year. The over recovery in costs was due to higher than expected preparation of grain for export under certified assurance arrangements.

Details of the amendments are as follows:

Name of Regulations

Regulation 1 states that the regulations are called the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1).

Commencement

Regulation 2 states that the regulations commence on gazettal.

Amendments

Regulation 3 states that Schedule 1 amends the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations 1985.

Schedule 1 - Amendments

Item 1 amends regulation 3 by deleting the reference to a previously omitted subregulation and consequently corrects a drafting error.

Items 2 omits regulation 4 as there are currently no classes of prescribed commodities exempt from the charge imposed by subsection 6 (1) of the Act.

Item 3 amends the heading of the Schedule to bring it into line with current drafting practice.

Item 4 amends the heading of column 2 in the Schedule to reflect the language used in section 7 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985.

Item 5 reduces the rate of charge from 50 cents for each tonne or part of a tonne to 40 cents for each tonne or part of a tonne for grain that is shipped for export in a container system, and, is prepared for export using a system implemented under a certification assurance arrangement.