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EXPORT INSPECTION (SERVICE CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 174

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 174

Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Resources

EXPORT INSPECTION (SERVICE CHARGE) ACT 1985

EXPORT INSPECTION (SERVICE CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

Section 9 of the Export Inspection (Service Charge) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of section 6 and 7 of the Act. Subsection 6(1) of the Act imposes a charge on the provision of an export inspection service at an establishment that at the time the service is provided, is registered for operations associated with the preparation of a prescribed commodity specified in the regulations.

Section 7 of the Act provides that the rate of charge is that rate, calculated by reference to time, which is specified in the Regulations.

The Export Inspection (Service Charge) Regulations (the Regulations) specify the commodities to which the service charge is to apply and the rates of charge applicable to those commodities.

The Export Inspection (Service Charge) Regulations (Amendment) (the Amendment) amends the Regulations in a number of ways.

A new commodity, processed fruits and vegetables, is prescribed for the purposes of section 6 of the Act. The definition given to that commodity is the same as that which exists in the Export Control (Processed Fruits and Vegetables) Orders under the Export Control Act 1982.

For dairy produce, eggs and fish the Amendment replaces the existing single level of service charge with two levels of service charge. One level of charge is for the provision of services in the field and the other level of charge is for the provision of services in a departmental office. Two other prescribed commodities under the Act, dried tree fruit and dried vine fruit, already have the two levels of charge. The two level structure also applies to the newly prescribed commodity of processed fruits and vegetables. The differential charge structure more equitably reflects the actual cost of the provision of each of the services specified.

For dairy produce the charge rate has been altered from $114 per hour or part thereof to $101 per half hour or part thereof for field services and $11 per quarter hour or part thereof in the case of in office services.

The same changes have been made in the case of eggs.

In the case of services provided in the field for dried tree fruit and dried vine fruit, the rates of charge have been altered from $100 to $101 for each half hour or part of that period.

For the newly prescribed commodity of processed fruits and vegetables, the same structure and charge rates apply as for the above commodities.

For fish the charge rate has been altered from $97 to $101 per half hour for in field services. In the case of fish the charge is for a continuous period of half an hour or per period of half an hour occurring as a prescribed monthly aggregate. For in office services the charge rate is $11 per quarter hour or part thereof as for the above commodities.

The Amendment commenced on 1 July 1991.