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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION (COARSE GRAINS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 316

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 316

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Resources

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Coarse Grains) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 30 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act. Research levies on barley, triticale, oats, cereal rye and grain sorghum are collected under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Coarse Grains) Regulations.

Section 15 of the Coarse Grains Levy Act 1992 (the Levy Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Levy Act. This includes prescribing other coarse grains for the purpose of imposing a research levy. It is proposed that the Coarse Grains Levy Regulations be amended to impose such levies on canary seed, maize and millet.

Regulations for the collection of the levies are also required. The collection arrangements would be similar to those applying to the other value based levies for oats, cereal rye and grain sorghum. It is therefore proposed that the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Coarse Grains) Regulations be amended to include canary seed, maize and millet in those provisions which specifically relate to value based levies.

Details of the proposed regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations would commence on 1 January 1994.

Regulation 2 identifies the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Coarse Grains) Regulations as the Regulations to be amended.

Regulation 3 defines grain sorghum, canary seed, maize, and millet.

Regulation 4 defines the sales value of oats, cereal rye, canary seed, grain sorghum, maize, and millet for the purpose of determining the amount of levy to be paid.

Regulation 5 establishes who must lodge a quarterly return for grain sorghum, canary seed, maize, and millet.