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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES (EXCISE) LEVIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2006 (NO. 6) (SLI NO 262 OF 2006)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 262

 

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

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 6)

 

Statutory Basis

Section 8 of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 (the Act) provides that the
Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

 

Schedule 3 to the Act imposes levies in relation to cattle transactions. Funds corresponding with the amounts of revenue raised under the Schedule are appropriated for Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd (MLA) for marketing and research activities, Australian Animal Health Council Ltd to ensure that Australia’s national animal health system delivers competitive advantage for Australia’s livestock, and National Residue Survey for recovery of costs incurred in monitoring and testing residues and contaminants in food production.

Purpose of the Regulations

The purpose of the Regulations is to increase the marketing component of the excise levy to $4.24 for lot-fed cattle until 1 January 2007 at which point the marketing component will be reduced to $4.08. The Regulations also decrease the research component of the excise levy in respect to lot-fed cattle from $0.70 to $0.50 per head. The Regulations do not alter the existing overall excise levy rate of $5.00 for each transaction per head for adult cattle.

The Regulations are a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

Background to the Regulations

The changes to the amounts of levy for lot-fed cattle were requested by the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) to achieve a more balanced marketing / research and development reserves outcome at 30 June 2007. Lot-fed levy allocations are recommended by ALFA on behalf of industry following the annual development of MLA-managed industry programmes. In order to prevent these programmes being driven or constrained by pre-determined allocations, ALFA is seeking to reallocate the Cattle Transaction Levy in response to changed industry priorities.

Details of the Regulations are provided in the Attachment.

The Office of Regulation Review has been consulted in the preparation of these regulations and a Regulation Impact Statement exemption has been granted (ORR Number 8446).


 

 

ATTACHMENT

 

Details of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 6)

 

Regulation 1 – Name of the Regulations

 

This regulation provides that the title of the Regulations is the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 6)

 

Regulation 2 – Commencement

 

This regulation provides for the Regulations to commence on the day after they are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

 

Regulation 3 – Amendment of Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999

 

This regulation provides that the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999 are amended as set out in the Schedule.

 

Schedule 1 – Amendments

 

Item [1] – Schedule 3, subclause 4 (1)

 

Item [1] amends Schedule 3, subclause 4 (1) of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999 (the Excise Regulations) to increase the marketing component of the excise levy from $4.04 per head to $4.24 per head for lot-fed cattle until 31 December 2006.

 

Item [2] – Schedule 3, subclause 4 (2)

 

Item [2] amends Schedule 3, subclause 4 (2) of the Excise Regulations to decrease the research component of the excise levy from 70 cents per head to 50 cents per head for lot-fed cattle until
31 December 2006.

 

Item [3] – Schedule 3A, subclause 4 (1)

 

Item [3] amends Schedule 3A, subclause 4 (1) of the Excise Regulations to increase the marketing component of the excise levy from $3.88 per head to $4.08 per head for lot-fed cattle from 1 January 2007.

 

Item [4] – Schedule 3A, subclause 4 (2)

 

Item [4] amends Schedule 3A, subclause 4 (2) of the Excise Regulations to decrease the research component of the excise levy from 70 cents per head to 50 cents per head for lot-fed cattle from 1 January 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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