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EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 41

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 41

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

Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985

Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 9 of the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, 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.

The purpose of the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to remove the registration fee for establishments registered for processing of packing processed fruit or processed vegetables. As agreed with industry through Industry Charging Review Committees, the revenue previously collected through the establishment registration charge is now collected through fees for service and document charges.

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Subregulation 1.1 provides for the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) to commence on gazettal.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Subregulation 2.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 4 - Imposition of Charge

Subregulation 4.1 omits paragraphs 4(1)(i) and (k) from the prescribed commodities specified for the purposes of subsection 6(1). The prescribed commodities deleted being "processed fruit" and "processed vegetables".

Subregulation 4(1A) omits "processed fruit or processed vegetables" in relation to charges for the registration or the transfer of registration of premises.

Schedule 1 (registration charges for non-meat establishments)

Column 2 of Items 1, 6, 7 and 12 omits "processed fruit or processed vegetables" from the list of establishments whereby rates per year are applicable.