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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Main Provisions
Contact Officer and Copyright Details
Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Consequential
Amendments) Bill 1998
Date Introduced: 3 December 1998
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Commencement: With the exception of
amendments proposed by Part 2 of Schedule 1 (items 80 and 81),
Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 2 (items 37-40), Part 3 of Schedule 3
(item 8) and Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 5 (items 18-36) which relate
to the wine grapes levy and commence on 1 January 2000, the Bill
commences on 1 July 1999.
The Bill is part
of a package of five Bills, the major purpose of which is to
consolidate 40 levy and charge imposition Acts into two Acts.
The major amendments proposed by the Bill:
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- repeal 40 existing levy and charge Acts
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- provide for amendments consequential on the repeal of those
levy and charge Acts, and
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- provide transitional arrangements necessitated by the
transition from the old levy and charge legislation to the new
legislation.
The reader is referred to the Digest for the
Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 1998.
Repeal of Levy and Charge Acts
Schedule 1 (items
1-81) of the Bill repeals 40 existing levy and charge
Acts. These levy and charge Acts are being consolidated into two
proposed Acts, these being, the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies
Act 1998 and Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1998.
Schedule 1 also specifies when and in respect to what dealing a
repeal or process is to apply.
The levy and charge Acts repealed are:
Beef Production Levy Act 19990
Buffalo Slaughter Levy Act 1997
Buffalo Export Charge Act 1997
Cattle (Exporters) Export Charge Act
1997
Cattle (Producers) Export Charges Act
1997
Cattle Transactions Levy Act 1997
Coarse Grains Levy Act 1992
Cotton Levy Act 1982
Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986
Dairy Produce Levy (No. 2) Act 1986
Deer Export Charge Act 1992
Deer Slaughter Levy Act 1992
Deer Velvet Export Charge Act 1992
Deer Velvet Levy Act 1992
Dried Fruits Levy Act 1971
Forest Industries Research Export Charge Act
1993
Forest Industries Research Levy Act
1971
Forest Industries Research Import Charge Act
1993
Goat Fibre Levy Act 1989
Grain Legumes Levy Act 1985
Grape Research Levy Act 1986
Honey Export Charge Act 1973
Honey Levy Act (No. 1) 1962
Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962
Horticultural Export Charge Act
1987
Horticultural Levy Act 1987
Laying Chicken Levy Act1988
Live-stock (Exporters) Export Charge Act
1997
Live-stock (Producers) Export Charge Act
1997
Livestock Slaughter (Processors) Levy Act
1997
Livestock Transactions Levy Act
1997
Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969
Oilseeds Levy Act 1977
Pasture Seed Levy Act 1971
Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1989
Rice Levy Act 1991
Sugar Cane Levy Act 1987
Wine Export Charge Act 1997
Wine Grapes Levy Act 1979
Wheat Levy Act 1989
Schedules 2-11 Consequential and
Transitional Amendments
The major amendments proposed by
Schedules 2-11 are consequential on the repeal of
the levy and charge Acts repealed by Schedule 1.
Schedules 2-11 also provide transitional
arrangements necessitated by the transition from the old levy and
charge legislation to the new legislation.
Major amendments proposed by Schedules
2-11 include:
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- item 28 of Schedule 2 amends
the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act
1991 to provide that where a levy is imposed by regulation
under the proposed Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1998 on
the slaughter of an animal, the regulations may provide that the
owner of the abattoir may refuse to slaughter or allow the
slaughter of the animal at the abattoir unless the person liable to
pay the levy provides them with the funds necessary to pay the levy
on behalf of the person. In addition, regulations made for the
above purposes override any State or Territory laws to the
contrary, or any contract entered into before or after 1 July 1999
and
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- item 33 of Schedule 2 amends
the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act
1991 to provide that an associated Act (ie. an Act specified
in Schedules 1 or 2 [other than the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 2)
Act 1986] or prescribed for the purposes of the definition of
charge or levy) has not effect to the extent it authorises the
imposition of a tax on State or Territory property.
Ian Ireland
20 January 1999
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