Act No. 8 of 2018. Introduced by /u/TheAudibleAsh. Assented to 2018-09-03.
2018
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of AustraliaSim
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Primary Industries (Irrigation Research
& Development) Levies Amendment Bill
2018
No. , 2018
(Rural Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Primary Industries
(Excise) Levies Act 1999, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement ................................................................................. 1
3 Schedules........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendment 3
Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 3
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1 A Bill for an Act to amend the Primary Industries
2 (Excise) Levies Act 1999, and for related purposes
3 The Parliament of Australia enacts:
4 1 Short title
5 This Act is the Primary Industries (Irrigation Research &
6 Development) Levies Amendment Act 2018.
7 2 Commencement
8 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
9 commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column
10 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to
11 its terms.
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(2) Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. Schedule 1 1 September 2018. 1 September
2018
1 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
2 enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
3 this Act.
4 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
5 Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
6 may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
7 3 Schedules
8 Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
9 repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
10 concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
11 according to its terms.
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Amendment Schedule 1
1 Schedule 1—Amendment
2
3 Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
4 1 After Schedule 27
5 Insert:
6 Schedule 28 – Agricultural Water
7 1 Definitions
8 In this schedule:
9 growers’ organisation means the organisation known to represent the
10 agricultural industries which use irrigation or such other organisation
11 that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
12 leviable agricultural irrigation water means water used in Australia for
13 agricultural purposes.
14 2 Imposition of Levy
15 (1) Levy is imposed on agricultural irrigation water produced in Australia
16 after the commencement of this Schedule.
17 3 Rate of Levy
18 (1) The rate of levy imposed by this Schedule is:
19 (a) $0.50 per ML; or
20 (b) if a lower percentage is prescribed by the regulations—that
21 lower rate.
22 4 Who pays the Levy
23 (1) The levy imposed by this schedule on leviable agricultural irrigation
24 water is payable by the user of water if used for irrigation purposes.
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Amendment Schedule 1
1 5 Regulations
2 (1) Before the Governor‑General makes a regulation for the purposes of
3 clause 3, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant
4 recommendation made to the Minister by the growers’ organisation.
5 (2) If there is no growers’ organisation, then, before the Governor-General
6 makes regulations for the purposes of clause 3, the Minister must take
7 into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister
8 by the Research and Development Corporation established under the
9 Irrigation Research and Development Corporation Regulations 2018.
10 (3) Before that Research and Development Corporation makes such a
11 recommendation to the Minister, it must consult with the persons who
12 are required to pay the levy concerned.
13 (4) The regulations must not, for the purposes of clause 3, prescribe a rate
14 of levy greater than the rate recommended to the Minister under
15 subclause (1) or (2).
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