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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION (COARSE GRAINS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 7

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 7

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

Coarse Grains Levy Act 1992

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 and cereal rye 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 GovernorGeneral 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 a levy on grain sorghum.

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

It is proposed to amend Regulations 11 and 13 to facilitate more effective collection of levy on each coarse grain.

Details of the proposed regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations would commence on 1 February 1993.

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

Regulation 3 defines grain sorghum.

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

Regulation 5 establishes who must lodge a quarterly return for oats, cereal rye and grain sorghum.

Regulation 6 provides that returns must be lodged 28 days after the quarter in question.

Regulation 7 provides for details on the "source" of grain to be included in the requirements for the keeping of records.