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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION (NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY -HONEY) REGULATIONS 1997 NO. 364

STATUTORY RULES 1997 No. 364

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (National Residue Survey - Honey) Regulations

Section 30 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 (the Collection 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 carrying out or giving effect to the Collection Act, in particular the making of provisions in relation to the payment of levy or amounts on account of levy and other amounts payable to the Commonwealth.

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 carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The purpose of the regulations is to set out the administrative arrangements for the collection of a levy of 0.25 cents a kilogram from the Honey Industry that recovers the full cost of conducting a National Residue Survey residue monitoring program.

A national residue monitoring program becomes a compulsory requirement for access into the lucrative European Union market for Australian honey from 1 January 1998.

It is proposed that the regulations operate from 1 January 1998, and are consistent with the wishes of the Honey Industry.