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EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 176

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 176

Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Resources

EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) ACT 1985

EXPORT INSPECTION (QUANTITY CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

Section 10 of the Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for carrying out or giving effect to the Act and in particular prescribing different rates of charge in respect of different classes of a prescribed commodity.

Section 6 of the Act provides that subject to that section a charge is imposed on a prescribed commodity in respect of which an export permit is granted.

The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (the principal Regulations) prescribe charges on prescribed commodities in respect of which an export permit is granted.

The Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Regulations (Amendment) (the Amendment) amends the principal Regulations by setting revised quantity charges for butter, cheese, dairy items other than butter and cheese, and bulk grain.

The quantity charge rate for butter which is item 1 in the Schedule has been amended from $5.00 per tonne to $2.86 per tonne.

The quantity charge rate for cheese which is item 3 in the Schedule has been amended from $9.27 per tonne to $5.29 per tonne.

The quantity charge rate for dairy produce not in items 1 or 3, and which is designated as item 4 in the Schedule, has been amended from $7.87 per tonne to $4.49 per tonne.

The reason for the above reductions in quantity charge is that only part of the recovery of the cost of the provision of the export inspection service for the above products will in future be by means of a quantity charge. The means of recovery for the balance of the cost will be under the Export Inspection (Service Charge) Act 1985. Under these systems of recovery the charges more equitably reflect the cost of the provision of the service and encourage more efficient use of inspection resources.

The quantity charge rate for bulk grain (items 19 and 20) in the Schedule has been amended from 31 cents per tonne to 35 cents per tonne.

The quantity charge rate for containerised grain (items 21 and 22) in the Schedule has been amended from 81 cents per tonne to 91 cents per tonne.

The above two increases for bulk and containerised grain are owing to the estimated decline in grain exports.

The Amendment came into operation on 1 July 1991.


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