Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 58

  (1)   The Commonwealth must pay to the APVMA amounts equal to:

  (a)   such money as is appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the APVMA; and

  (b)   fees received by the Commonwealth under this Act, the Agvet Codes or the Agvet Regulations; and

  (c)   any amounts of levy, late payment penalty or understatement penalty paid to the Commonwealth under any Act providing for the collection of a levy imposed in respect of the disposal of chemical products; and

  (d)   any amounts paid by a State or a participating Territory to the Commonwealth for the purposes of the APVMA.

  (2)   The Finance Minister may give directions about the amounts in which, and the times at which, money payable under paragraph   (1)(a) is to be paid to the APVMA.

  (3)   If a direction under subsection   (2) is given in writing, the direction is not a legislative instrument.

  (4)   If an amount referred to in any of paragraphs   (1)(b) to (d) is refunded by the Commonwealth, the APVMA must pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the refund.

  (5)   The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, set off an amount payable by the APVMA under subsection   (4) against an amount that is payable to the APVMA under subsection   (1).

  (6)   Amounts payable under paragraphs   (1)(b) to (d) are to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.