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IMPORTED FOOD CONTROL REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 172

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 172

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

Imported Food Control Act 1992

Imported Food Control Regulations (Amendment)

Section 43 of the Imported Food Control Act 1992 (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 Imported Food Control Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe what fees are payable for chargeable services and when a fee must be paid for analysis of food under the Act.

The purpose of the Imported Food Control Regulations (Amendment) is to amend the fees applying for chargeable services. The half hourly charge for an inspection of food by an authorised officer is reduced from $88 to $60, the fee for supervising the treatment, destruction or re-exportation of food from $88 to $60 per half hour or part thereof, and the fee for assessing information for inclusion in a food control certificate from $30 to $25 for each consignment of food other than those relating to a recognised government certificate.

The reduction in fees are the result of cost reductions and projected increased activity in the Imported Food program. The cost reductions are directly due to the decrease in the operating costs of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service and from savings expected due to revised inspection arrangements. The fee reductions have been endoresed by the industry representative group.

The fee for assessing information for inclusion in a food control certificate in relation to a consignment of food to which a recognised foreign government certificate relates has been increased from $20 to $25 for each consignment. This increase brings the charge into line with document charges applied to other imported goods.

The Imported Food Control Regulations (Amendment) amends the Regulations as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Subregulation 1.1 provides for the Imported Food Control Regulations (Amendment) to commence on 1 July 1995.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Subregulation 2.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Imported Food Control Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 3 - Schedule (Rates of Charge)

Subregulation 3.1 provides for a reduction in the half hourly fee for an inspection of food by an authorised officer from $88 to $60.

Subregulation 3.2 provides for an increase in the fee for assessing information for inclusion in a food control certificate provided in relation to a consignment of food to which a recognised foreign government certificate relates. The fee for each consignment increasing from $20 to $25.

Subregulation 3.3 provides for a reduction in the fee for assessing information for inclusion in a food control certificate provided in relation to a consignment of food other than those relating to a recognised foreign government certificate. The fee for each consignment decreasing from increasing from $30 to $25.

Subregulation 3.4 provides for a reduction in the half hourly fee for supervising the treatment, destruction or re-exportation of food from $88 to $60.


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