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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES (NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY LEVIES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1999 (NO. 3) 1999 NO. 214

STATUTORY RULES 1999 No. 214

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

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998

National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998

Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 3)

Section 30 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, Section 8 of the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998 and Section 8 of the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998 provide that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed by the Acts, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Acts.

The purpose of these regulations is to increase the National Residue Survey operative rate of customs and excise levy on honey from 0.25 cents per kilogram to 0.30 cents per kilogram for the purpose of the industry's National Residue Survey monitoring program. The proposed regulations will also amend definitions in the aquatic animal's part of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges (National Residue Survey Levies) Amendment Regulations.

The National Residue Survey implements chemical residue monitoring programs and recovers the costs of the programs from participating industries. These programs form the basis for documentation that enables the Australian Government to certify that raw food products bound for export and domestic consumption are free from significant chemical contamination.

Schedule 1 of the proposed regulations inserts a definition of 'preserved', what aquatic animal products are exempt from the Nation Residue Survey levy and the definition of leviable aquatic animal and aquatic animal products. These definitions are necessary to overcome confusion within the Seafood Industry over the exact definition of 'aquatic animal' and 'aquatic animal product' in the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998.

Schedule 2 of the proposed regulations increases the operative rate of National Residue Survey customs and excise levy on honey from 0.25 cents per kilogram to 0.30 cents per kilogram. Money collected from this increase will be used to create a buffer fund under the industry's Emergency Risk Management strategy.

Schedule 1 of the proposed regulations will commence on gazettal, while Schedule 2 will commence on 1 October 1999.