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2002-2003
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY
CUSTOMS LEVY RATE CORRECTION (LAMB EXPORTS) BILL 2003
(Circulated by
authority of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Judith Troeth)
The proposed amendments validate levy already collected at the agreed
rate of 8 cents per head set in June 1998 in respect of the export of lambs
valued at more than $75 under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges
(National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998 (the
Regulations).
Since 1 July 2000 a levy of 4.7 cents per head has applied
through the drafting fault in the Regulations, rather than the intended rate of
8 cents per head.
The peak industry body, the Sheep Meat Council of
Australia has formally requested that this drafting fault be amended, and for
the validation of the levy already collected at the agreed rate of 8 cents set
in June 1998.
The levy is used to recover the cost of the Lamb Industry's
residue monitoring program that is required for market access.
The proposed amendments to the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy
Act 1998 have no financial impact on the Commonwealth.
Clause 1: Short title
This clause provides for the short
title of the Act to be the National Residue Survey Customs Levy Rate
Correction (Lamb Exports) Act 2003.
This clause provides that the Act comes into effect on Royal
Assent.
Clause 3: Definitions
Clause 3 provides for the
definition of lamb, the Levy Act, the Levy Regulations and
value to have the same meaning as those in the National Residue Survey
(Customs) Levy Act 1998 and the Primary Industries Levies and Charges
(National Residue Survey Levies) Regulations 1998 as in force prior to 30
May 2003.
Clause 4: Value exceeding $75 per head – correction of
rate of levy from 1 July 2000 to 30 May 2003
Subsection 4
(1) sets the correction period for export lambs with a value of more than $75
per head to apply for the period starting 1 July 2000 and ending immediately
before 30 May 2003.
Subsection 4 (2) (a) allows for a rate of levy of 8
cents per head for export lambs with a value of more than $75 per head to have
applied for the period starting 1 July 2000 and ending immediately before 30 May
2003.
Subsection 4 (3) gives effect to subsection 4(2) despite the
provisions in the Levy Act and the Levy Regulations in force before 30 May
2003.