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EXPORT INSPECTION AND MEAT (ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION CHARGES) REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 407

STATUTORY RULES 1997 No. 407

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) Regulation's (the Regulations) prescribe establishment classifications and rates of charge imposed by the Act. Export establishments are classified into meat and non-meat categories. Meat establishments are classified into categories of storing, slaughtering, boning, casings or processing plants depending on the type of activity that is undertaken. Non-meat establishments incorporate fish, dairy, dried fruit, and plant commodities and, as with meat, are classified into categories.

The purpose of the proposed Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to amend the existing rates of charge for registration of establishments related to the preparation, storage or inspection of plants and plant products for export.

The increase in the registration charge rate for the Horticultural Exports Inspection Program is required to enable export inspection costs to be fully recovered in the 1997/98 financial year.

The fee increase has been made in recognition of the recommendations of the Nairn Report on Quarantine Inspection and the Macdonald Review of the Meat Inspection Program which specified that there is to be no cross-subsidisation of costs between inspection programs within the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. As a result, both direct and indirect costs related to inspections of horticultural products must be fully recovered by the program.

The Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) amends the Regulations as follows:

Regulation 1 - Amendment

Subregulation 1.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 2 - Commencement

Subregulation 2.1 provides that the Regulations as amended will commence on 1 January 1998.

Regulation 3 - Schedule 1 (Registration Charges for Non-Meat Establishments)

Subregulation 3.1 provides for an increase to the annual registration charge applicable to establishments associated with the preparation, storage or inspection of plants and plant products from $388 to $431.