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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES (CITRUS) REGULATIONS 1991 NO. 276

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 276

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

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION ACT 1991

HORTICULTURAL LEVY ACT 1987

HORTICULTURAL EXPORT CHARGE ACT 1987

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES (CITRUS) REGULATIONS

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION (HORTICULTURAL EXPORT CHARGE) REGULATIONS

The Horticultural Levy Act 1987 (the Levy Act), the Horticultural Export Charge Act 1987 (the Export Charge Act) and the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 (the Collection Act) provide for the imposition and collection of levy and export charge to fund the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation (the Corporation). The Corporation carries out joint industry/government funded research and development activities for Australian horticultural industries.

Section 9 of the Levy Act and section 9 of the Export Charge Act permit the rate of levy and export charge, respectively, destined for the Corporation to be fixed by regulation.

The Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Citrus) Regulations and the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Horticultural Export Charge) Regulations provide for the manner of payment and rate of levy payable by citrus growers to fund the Corporation's activities.

At the annual conference of the Australian Citrus Growers' Federation (ACGF) in April 1991, the Federation agreed to increase the rates of levy and export charge destined for the Corporation to the levels detailed in the amendments to the principal regulations. These increases are designed to further the research and development work of the Corporation.

The Chairman of the Corporation recommended the proposed increase in levy and export charge to the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy and advised that he had the full support of the ACGF. Copies of the Corporation's recommendation and corroborating advice from the ACGF are at Attachment C.

The new rates of levy and export charge payable by citrus growers to fund the activities of the Corporation are $1 per tonne in bulk and 2 cents per box. These rates are an increase of 50 cents per tonne and 1 cent per box on the previous rates.

The new rates will apply from 1 October 1991.

Details of the proposed regulations increasing the levy and export charge are given at Attachment A and Attachment B, respectively.

ATTACHMENT A

DETAILS OF THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES (CITRUS) REGULATIONS AMENDMENT

Regulation 1 gives the date of commencement of the Regulations as 1 October 1991.

Regulation 2 defines the Regulations to be amended as the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Citrus) Regulations.

Regulation 3 prescribes that the new rates of levy destined for the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation are as follows:

citrus in bulk	$1 per tonne
citrus not in bulk	2 cents per box.