Bills Digest No. 146 2002-03
National Residue Survey (Customs)
Levy Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Main Provisions
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Passage History
National Residue Survey (Customs)
Levy Amendment Bill (No. 2)
2003
Date Introduced: 27 March 2003
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
Commencement: Royal Assent
This Bill is
part of a package of Bills the purpose of which is to increase the
maximum National Residue Survey levy rate on honey from 0.3 cents
per kilogram to 0.6 cents per kilogram.
This Bill is complementary to the National
Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003. Two bills
are required to satisfy section 55 of the Constitution which in
part provides that laws imposing duties of customs shall deal with
duties of customs only, and laws imposing duties of excise shall
deal with duties of excise only .
For further background the reader is referred
to the Bills Digest on the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy
Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003 (Bills Digest No. 145, 2002 03).
Item 1 of Schedule 1 inserts
the current rate of operative NRS levy on honey into the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy
Act 1998. Item
2 raises the maximum rate of the NRS levy on honey
exported from Australia to 0.6 cents per kilogram. The current
operative rate of 0.3 cents per kilogram will continue to be paid
by honey producers. However the amendment will allow the operative
rate to be increased by regulations should the honey industry
require additional funding for residue monitoring programs.
Rosemary Bell
9 May 2003
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