Primary Industries (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2024 (60 of 2024)

Schedule 3   Application and transitional provisions - operation of new law

1   Application provisions - consultation on rates of levies and charges

Levies

(1) Subsection 27(2) of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 2024 does not apply to the first set of regulations, made under that Act, setting the rate of a levy in relation to a particular product or particular goods if, immediately before the commencement of that subsection, a levy under an old levy Act was imposed in relation to that product or those goods.

Charges

(2) Subsection 24(2) of the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 2024 does not apply to the first set of regulations, made under that Act, setting the rate of a charge in relation to a particular product or particular goods if, immediately before the commencement of that subsection, a charge or levy under an old charge/levy Act was imposed in relation to that product or those goods.

Further rule for wool levy or wool export charge

(3) If in 2024 a poll was conducted in accordance with section 32 of the Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000, then:

(a) subsection 27(2) of the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 2024 does not apply to any regulations made under that Act amending the rate of levy on wool as a result of that poll; and

(b) subsection 24(2) of the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 2024 does not apply to any regulations made under that Act amending the rate of charge on wool as a result of that poll.

Definitions

(4) An old levy Act is:

(a) the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999; or

(b) the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998; or

(c) the Horse Disease Response Levy Act 2011.

(5) An old charge/levy Act is:

(a) the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999; or

(b) the National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998.