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HONEY EXPORT CHARGE (RATE OF CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 334

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 334

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

Honey Export Charge Act 1973

Honey Export Charge (Rate of Charge) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 9 of the Honey Export Charge Act 1973 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations for the purposes of section 6 and 7 of the Act.

The Act imposes a charge on honey that is exported from Australia which by virtue of paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989, is designated for research and development funding.

Under subsection 7(1) of the Act, the rate of charge for research and development purposes may be varied by regulation, from 0.25 cent up to a maximum of 0.75 cent per kilogram of honey. The present prescribed rate is 0.52 cent.

Subsection 7(3) of the Act provides that before making regulations for the purposes of subsection 7(1) the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation made to the Minister by the Honeybee Research and Development Council or by the producers' organisation.

The Federal Council of Australian Apiarists' Associations, the producers' organisation, has recommended to the Minister a three staged increase in the operative rate of the charge, from 0.52 cent to 0.57 cent per kilogram of honey exported effective from 1 January 1994; from 0.57 cent to 0.61 cent per kilogram of honey exported effective from 1 January 1995; and, from 0.61 cent to 0.65 cent per kilogram of honey exported effective from 1 January 1996.

The recommendation is in accordance with the Government's objective of encouraging rural industries to increase their contributions for research and development.

The Honey Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1992 (the amending Act) among other things, repealed paragraph 7(1)(a), the marketing component of the Act.

The proposed Regulations amend the Honey Export Charge (Rate of Charge) Regulations by omitting Regulation 3A which became superfluous following promulgation of the amending Act, and amends regulation 4 increasing the rate of export charge for research and development purposes to 0.57 cent per kilogram of honey exported effective from 1 January 1994; to 0.61 cent per kilogram of honey exported effective from 1 January 1995; and, to 0.65 cent per kilogram of honey exported effective from 1 January 1996.


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