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EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 110

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 110

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985

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

Section 9 of the Export Inspection (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 Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe establishment classifications and rates of charge imposed by the Act.

The purpose of the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to reduce existing meat establishment charges for the 1996/97 financial year as set out in the Schedule, in line with a recent Meat industry agreement.

The establishment registration charges are part of the mix of charges agreed by industry to recover the costs of providing export meat inspection services.

The current charges in the Regulations were previously amended to commence on 1 February 1996, and incorporate a mixture of old and revised charges for the 1995/96 financial year only. The proposed amendment to the Regulation reduces meat establishment charges for 1996/97 and subsequent years.

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Sub-regulation 1.1 provides for the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) to commence on 1 July 1996.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Sub-regulation 2.1 amends the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations as set out in these Regulations.

Regulation 3 - Schedule 2

Sub-regulation 3.1 omits Schedule 2 and substitutes an amended Schedule. The new Schedule provides reduced rates for registration charges at meat establishments.