Instrument No. 1 of 2019. Made under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989. Made by /u/ElectrumNS. Made 2019-03-02.
Irrigation Research and Development
Corporation Regulations 2019
Statutory Rules 2019 No.
made under the
Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989
Contents
1 Name of Regulations 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Interpretation 1
4 Establishment of Corporation 2
5 Levy attached to the Corporation 2
6 Gross value of production 2
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Irrigation Research and Development Corporation
Regulations 2018.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 1 March 2019.
3 Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.
Corporation means the Corporation declared by regulation 4 to be established.
agricultural irrigation water means water used in Australia for agricultural purposes
using irrigation.
agricultural irrigation industry class means the Australian industry class concerned
with the production, distribution, processing and sale of agricultural products where
irrigation is used in the production process.
Written by The Hon. Tobycool2001_1
4 Establishment of Corporation
For section 8 of the Act, an R & D Corporation to be known as the Irrigation
Research and Development Corporation is declared to be established in respect of
the agricultural industry in relation to irrigation.
5 Levy attached to the Corporation
(1) For paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, the levy imposed by clause 2 of Schedule 28 to
the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 is attached to the Corporation.
(2) For paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, the whole of the levy is declared to be the
research component of the levy.
(3) For paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the agricultural irrigation industry class is
declared to be the class of industry to which the levy relates.
6 Gross value of production
(1) For subsection 32 (2) of the Act, the Minister must determine the gross value of
total agricultural irrigation water usage, for a financial year (the relevant financial
year), by using:
where:
A is the estimated value of agricultural irrigation water to be used in the relevant
financial year.
B is the value of agricultural irrigation water used in the financial year immediately
before the relevant financial year (the previous financial year).
C is the value of agricultural irrigation water used in the financial year immediately
before the previous financial year.
(2) In subregulation (1), a reference to the value of agricultural irrigation water used, or
to the estimated value of agricultural irrigation water to be used, in a financial year
is a reference to the production figure supplied by the Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource Economics that shows:
(a) the gross value of agricultural irrigation water used by the industry in that
financial year; or
(b) the estimated gross value of agricultural irrigation water to be used by the the
industry for that financial year.
Written by The Hon. Tobycool2001_1