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Canned Fruits Levy Amendment Act 1982
No. 18 of 1982
An Act to amend the Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979
[Assented to 28 April 1982]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Canned Fruits Levy Amendment Act
1982.
(2) The Canned Fruits Levy Act 1979' is in this Act referred to as the
Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
Rate of levy
3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section
(1) "the Schedule" and substituting "Schedule 1".
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4. After section 6 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Temporary rate of levy
"6A. (1) Notwithstanding section 6 and the regulations that, immediately
before the commencement of this section, were in force for the purposes of
section 6, but subject to sub-section (2) of this section, the rates of levy in
respect of canned fruits produced on or after 1 January 1982 shall be deemed to
have been, and to be, the rates ascertained in accordance with Schedule 2.
"(2) This section does not prevent the making of regulations for the
purposes of sub-section 6 (1) fixing rates of levy that differ from the rates of
levy ascertained in accordance with Schedule 2 and, if regulations are so made,
the rates of levy specified in Schedule 2 cease to apply.".
Schedules
5. The Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following
Schedules are substituted:
SCHEDULE 1
Section 6
MAXIMUM RATES OF LEVY
Column I
Gross weight of container
Where the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150
grams ......
.................
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams
but does not exceed 320 grams ..
.........
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams
but does not exceed 490 grams ..
.........
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams
but does not exceed 680 grams ..
.........
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams .
Column 2
Maximum rate of levy
1.875 cents per dozen containers
3.75 cents per dozen containers
7.5 cents per dozen containers
11.25 cents per dozen containers
15 cents per dozen containers and, in
addition, 9 cents per dozen containers for
each 450 grams, or part of 450 grams, by
which the gross weight of the container
exceeds 900 grams
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-SCHEDULE 2
Section 6A
TEMPORARY RATES OF LEVY
Column I
Gross weight of container
Column 2
Rate of levy
Where the gross weight of the container does not exceed 150
gram s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 150 grams
but does not exceed 320 grams
.........
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 320 grams
but does not exceed 490 grams
.........
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 490 grams
but does not exceed 680 grams
.........
Where the gross weight of the container exceeds 680 grams
NOTE
1. No. 161,1979.
1.6875 cents per dozen containers
3.375 cents per dozen containers
6.75 cents per dozen containers
10.125 cents per dozen containers
13.5 cents per dozen containers and, in
addition, 8.1 cents per dozen containers
for each 450 grams, or part of 450 grams,
by which the gross weight of the
container exceeds 900 grams