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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES (CUSTOMS) CHARGES (MACADAMIA NUT) REGULATIONS 1999 1999 NO. 266

STATUTORY RULES 1999 No. 266

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges (Macadamia Nut) Regulations 1999

Section 8 of the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The purpose of the regulations, together with the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations 1999, the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Macadamia Nut) Amendment Regulations 1999 and the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies (Macadamia Nut) Regulations 1999, is to move the collection period for the macadamia nut levy and charge from a semi-annual (six monthly) period to a calendar month period.

The purpose of the regulations is also to provide regulations, under the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999, pertaining to the charge imposed on macadamia nuts.

The Australian Macadamia Society Ltd. (AMS) requested, and the Australian Horticultural Corporation (AHC) and the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation (HRDC) supported and recommended, the change in the macadamia levy and charge collection period. The regulations give effect to the recommendations of the industry and Corporations' proposal.

The regulations will commence on 1 January 2000, to coincide with the start of the new levy year.