This legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person is not
entitled to the issue of a licence to export barley unless the person first
pays to the Commission the annual licence fee, or the first instalment of the
annual licence fee, as the case may require.
(2) The holder of a
licence issued for a term of 2 years or more must—
(a) in
each year lodge with the Commission, before the date prescribed for that
purpose, an annual return containing the information required by the
Commission by condition of the licence or by written notice; and
(b) in
each year (other than a year in which the licence is due to expire) pay to the
Commission, before the date prescribed for that purpose, the annual licence
fee, or the first instalment of the annual licence fee, as the case may
require.
(3) The annual licence
fee for a licence is the fee fixed, from time to time, by the Minister in
respect of that licence as an amount that the Minister considers to be a
reasonable contribution towards administrative costs.
(4) The Minister may
take the following matters into account (on the basis of any estimates or
determinations made by the Minister) when considering what constitutes a
reasonable contribution towards administration costs by the holder of a
licence:
(a) the
estimated administrative costs for the next year;
(b) the
likely extent to which administrative costs are apportionable to the
activities of the holder of the licence;
(c) any
other matter that the Minister thinks fit.
(5) An annual licence
fee may, if the Commission so determines, be paid in equal instalments at
intervals fixed by the Commission.
(6) If the holder of a
licence fails to lodge the annual return or pay the annual licence fee (or an
instalment of the annual licence fee) in accordance with this section, the
Commission may, by written notice, require the holder to make good the default
and, in addition, to pay to the Commission the amount prescribed as a penalty
for default.
(7) An annual licence
fee (including any instalment of an annual licence fee or any penalty for
default) payable under this section is recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.
(8) In this
section—
"administrative costs" means—
(a) the
costs of administration of this Act; and
(b) any
costs of administration of the Essential Services Commission Act 2002
relating to barley exporting; and
(c)
other costs prescribed by regulation;
"holder" of a licence includes the holder of a licence that has been
suspended.