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.



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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.




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