WINE GRAPES LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 423 

WINE GRAPES LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 423 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.   Commencement  
2.   Amendment  
5.    Regulation 4 (Maximum amount of marketing component of levy)  


1994 No. 423 WINE GRAPES LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
1.  Commencement


  1.1  These Regulations commence on 1 January 1995.


1994 No. 423 WINE GRAPES LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
2.  Amendment


  2.1  The Wine Grapes Levy Regulations are amended as set out in these
Regulations.




  3.1  Omit the regulation, substitute:
Interpretation
  "2. In these Regulations:
  'Act' means the Wine Grapes Levy Act 1979;
  'grape industry' means the industry concerned with the production of grapes
for processing.".




  4.1  Omit the regulation, substitute:
Rate of levy on prescribed goods
  "3. For the purposes of subsection 6 (1) of the Act, in calculating levy
imposed on prescribed goods used at a winery in a year, an amount calculated
in accordance with the following table is taken to be the amount referred to
in paragraph 6 (1) (a) of the Act for that year:
    Quantity of prescribed         Amount of levy
    goods used in a year (tonnes)
    0 - 10                         $200
    11 - 3000                      $180 + for each tonne-4.20
    3001 - 6000                    $12,780 + for each tonne over 3000
                                   tonnes-$3.80
    6001 - 9000                    $24,180 + for each tonne over 6000
                                   tonnes-$2.00
    9001 - 12000                   $30,180 + for each tonne over 9000
                                   tonnes-$1.30
    12001 - 20000                  $34,080 + for each tonne over 12000
                                   tonnes-$0.60
    20001 - 40000                  $38,880 + for each tonne over 20000
                                   tonnes-$0.50
    40001 -                        $48,880 + for each tonne over 40000
                                   tonnes-$0.40
(Note:  Section 4 of the Act defines "prescribed goods" as:
  (a)  fresh grapes; and
  (b)  dried grapes; and
  (c)  grape juice, whether single strength or concentrated; being grapes or
grape juice produced in Australia.)
Definition of "research amount"-prescribed amount
  "3A.  For the purposes of the definition of 'research amount' in subsection
6 (2) of the Act, the amount of $1.90 is prescribed.
Gross value of production for prescribed goods
  "3B.  (1)  For the purposes of subsection 6 (4) of the Act, the manner in
which the Minister is to determine the gross value of production of prescribed
goods for a year is in accordance with the following formula:
                 (A+B)
                   3
where:
  A is the estimated gross value of grapes to be produced by the grape
industry in that year, as shown in figures supplied by the Australian Bureau
of Agricultural and Resource Economics; and
  B is the gross value of grapes produced by the grape industry in the 2 years
immediately before that year, as shown in figures supplied by the Australian
Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.".
(Note:  Section 4 of the Act defines "prescribed goods" as:
  (a)  fresh grapes; and
  (b)  dried grapes; and
  (c)  grape juice, whether single strength or concentrated;
being grapes or grape juice produced in Australia.)


1994 No. 423 WINE GRAPES LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 5
5.   Regulation 4 (Maximum amount of marketing component of levy)


  5.1   Omit the regulation.


- NOTES


1994 No. 423*1* WINE GRAPES LEVY REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)

- Dated 20 December 1994.


*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 1994.
*2* Statutory Rules 1986 No. 164 as amended by 1987 No. 324; 1988 No. 117;
1991 No. 145.