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WHEAT EXPORT MARKETING AMENDMENT BILL 2012

                              2010 - 2011 - 2012




   THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




      WHEAT EXPORT MARKETING AMENDMENT BILL 2012




     SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM BR322




  Amendments and New Clauses to be Moved on Behalf of the Government




(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,
                       Senator the Hon. Joseph Ludwig)
AMENDMENTS TO WHEAT EXPORT MARKETING
AMENDMENT BILL 2012

OUTLINE

The proposed government amendments to the Wheat Export Marketing Amendment
Bill 2012 (the Bill) will enable the abolition of the Wheat Export Charge and the
Wheat Export Accreditation Scheme on 10 December 2012. The proposed
amendments are necessary as passage of the Bill was not possible to allow for these
provisions to commence on 1 October 2012. The amendments will also remove
provisions relating to transitional reporting requirements, which are no longer
required.


FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT

There are expected to be no significant resource implications from these amendments.




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AMENDMENTS TO WHEAT EXPORT MARKETING
AMENDMENT BILL 2012

NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1
This amendment will change the commencement date for Schedule 1 of the Bill to
10 December 2012. The means that the Wheat Export Accreditation Scheme (the
Scheme) and the Wheat Export Charge will be abolished on that date.
Amendment 2
This amendment will remove the transitional requirement for accredited exporters to
provide export and compliance reports within 30 days of the end of the marketing
year beginning October 2011. It also removes the requirement for post-cancellation
reports to be supplied within 30 days of accreditation being cancelled on or after
1 September 2012. The period to which the existing provisions apply has passed and
it is not considered necessary to require export and compliance reports for the period
from 1 October 2012 to 10 December 2012. There have also been no cancellations of
accreditation.
Amendments 3 through to 6 and Amendment 8
This amendment will omit references to pecuniary penalties relating to contraventions
associated with export reports, compliance reports and post-cancellation reports under
sections 13 and 14. As these sections will be removed under Amendment 2, these
references are no longer necessary.
Amendment 7
This amendment will omit references to the repeal of Division 5 of Part 2 which
relates to transitional reports. This item is no longer required given Amendment 2.




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