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NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY LEVY REGULATIONS 1993 NO. 82

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 82

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992

National Residue Survey (Aquatic Animal Export) Levy Act 1992

National Residue Survey Levy Regulations

Section 13 of the National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the purposes of parrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The purpose of the proposed regulations is to set the operative levy rate at zero for deer, grains, legumes, oilseeds, wheat, certain horticultural products, honey and the milk fat content of relevant dairy produce appearing in Column [1] of the Act under which the National Residue Survey Levy Regulations will operate from 1 July 1993. This will allow further consultation to be carried out with the deer, grains, horticulture, honey and dairy industries as to a suitable National Residue Survey program for those particular industries

Section 8 of the National Residue Survey (Aquatic Animal Export) Levy Act 1992 (the Levy Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Levy Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Levy Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the purposes of carrying out or giving effect to the Levy Act.

The levy rates for the class of aquatic animals appearing in Column [1] of the Table appearing in the Levy Act are being set at zero for the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(b) of the Levy Act to allow further consultation with industry as to a suitable National Residue Survey program for that industry. To date only pilot survey programs have been carried out in that industry.


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