{"id":"C2004A03894","name":"Pasture Seed Levy Act 1989","slug":"pasture-seed-levy-act-1989","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"146 of 1989","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":26436,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A03894-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title [see Note 1]","content":"##### 1 Short title \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n This Act may be cited as the Pasture Seed Levy Act 1989.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement [see Note 1]","content":"##### 2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"##### 4 Interpretation\n\n (1) In this Act:\n\n> leviable seed means seed of a plant of a specified cultivar.\n\n> specified cultivar means a cultivar whose name is specified in the column headed “Cultivar” in the Schedule, being a cultivar of plants of the species and common name last specified in the Schedule before the name of the cultivar.\n\n (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or expression contained in this Act that is not defined for the purposes of this Act but is defined in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 for the purposes of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Act to bind Crown","content":"##### 5 Act to bind Crown\n\n This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Imposition of levy","content":"##### 6 Imposition of levy\n\n Levy is imposed on leviable seed:\n\n(a) harvested in Australia on or after the commencement of this Act; and\n\n(b) certified under a certification scheme;\n\n other than seed (if any) belonging to a State.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rate of levy","content":"##### 7 Rate of levy\n\n The rate of levy in respect of any leviable seed of a plant of a cultivar is the amount per tonne specified in the column headed “Rate of Levy” in the Schedule next to the name of the cultivar.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"By whom levy payable","content":"##### 8 By whom levy payable\n\n Levy on leviable seed is payable by the producer of the seed.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Variation of Schedule","content":"##### 9 Variation of Schedule\n\n (1) The Minister may, by instrument published in the Gazette, declare that the Schedule is to be taken to be amended in a manner specified in the instrument, and that declaration has effect accordingly.\n (2) Before making an instrument under subsection (1), the Minister shall take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to him or her by the growers organisation.\n (3) The Schedule is not to be varied so that it sets out a rate of levy higher than $50.00 per tonne.\n (4) The instrument is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.\n (5) For the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, a declaration under subsection (1) that is taken to amend the Schedule by way of repealing part of it is to be taken to be an Act that repeals that part.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule","sectionType":"part","heading":"Schedule","content":"# Schedule\n\nSection 4\n\n```html\n

Cultivars having leviable seeds

Kind of Plant

Species

Common Name

Cultivar

Rate of Levy

Medicago truncatula

Barrel medic

Ascot

$7.50/tonne

Cyprus

$7.50/tonne

Jemalong

$7.50/tonne

Parabinga

$7.50/tonne

Paraggio

$7.50/tonne

Sephi

$7.50/tonne

Medicago polymorpha

Burr medic

Circle Valley

$7.50/tonne

Santiago

$7.50/tonne

Serena

$7.50/tonne

Medicago murex

Murex medic

Zodiac

$7.50/tonne

Medicago tornata

Disc medic

Tornafield

$7.50/tonne

Medicago rugosa

Gama medic

Paraponto

$7.50/tonne

Sapo

$7.50/tonne

Medicago scutellata

Snail medic

Sava

$7.50/tonne

Sair

$7.50/tonne

Medicago littoralis

Strand medic

Harbinger

$7.50/tonne

Harbinger AR

$7.50/tonne

Medicago sativa

Lucerne

Amador

$12.50/tonne

Aurora

$12.50/tonne

Cimarron

$12.50/tonne

CUF 101

$12.50/tonne

Falkiner

$12.50/tonne

Hunterfield

$12.50/tonne

Hunter River

$12.50/tonne

Matador

$12.50/tonne

Maxidor II

$12.50/tonne

Nova

$12.50/tonne

Pioneer 577

$12.50/tonne

Pioneer 581

$12.50/tonne

Pioneer 5929

$12.50/tonne

P581

$12.50/tonne

Sequel

$12.50/tonne

Sheffield

$12.50/tonne

Siriver

$12.50/tonne

Springfield

$12.50/tonne

Southern Special

$12.50/tonne

Trifecta

$12.50/tonne

Validor

$12.50/tonne

Wakefield

$12.50/tonne

WL 318

$12.50/tonne

WL 415

$12.50/tonne

WL 514

$12.50/tonne

WL 515

$12.50/tonne

WL 516

$12.50/tonne

WL 605

$12.50/tonne

WL Southern

$12.50/tonne

Special

Trifolium balansae

Balansa clover

Paradana

$10/tonne

Trifolium hirtum

Rose clover

Hykon

$10/tonne

Kondinin

$10/tonne

Trifolium pratense

Red clover

Redquin

$10/tonne

Trifolium fragiferum

Strawberry

O’Connors

$10/tonne

clover

Palestine

$10/tonne

Trifolium resupinatum

Persian

Kyambro

$10/tonne

clover

Trifolium subterraneum

Sub clover

Clare

$10/tonne

Daliak

$10/tonne

Dalkeith

$10/tonne

Enfield

$10/tonne

Junee

$10/tonne

Geraldton

$10/tonne

Karridale

$10/tonne

Larisa

$10/tonne

Meteora

$10/tonne

Mt. Barker

$10/tonne

Nungarin

$10/tonne

Rosedale

$10/tonne

Seaton Park

$10/tonne

Seaton Park

$10/tonne

(reselected)

Trikkala

$10/tonne

Woogenellup

$10/tonne

Bacchus Marsh

$10/tonne

Dinninup

$10/tonne

Esperance

$10/tonne

Green Range

$10/tonne

Northam

$10/tonne

Tallarook

$10/tonne

Trifolium repens

White clover

Haifa

$10/tonne

Irrigation

$10/tonne

Trifolium semipilosum

Kenya white

Safari

$10/tonne

clover

\n```","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Cultivars having leviable seeds","sectionType":"part","heading":"Cultivars having leviable seeds","content":"## Cultivars having leviable seeds","sortOrder":9}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2602},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope of imposing levies on certified pasture seeds to fund industry development. While the Minister can vary the Schedule to add new cultivars or adjust rates within the statutory cap, this administrative flexibility was built into the original framework and does not represent an expansion beyond the Act's initial purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 for definitions not explicitly defined","Schedule-based lookup table requiring identification of specific cultivar names to determine applicable levy rate","Delegated legislative power allowing the Minister to vary the Schedule via Gazette notification","Specific exemption for seed belonging to a State"],"plain_english_summary":"This law imposes a mandatory per‑tonne levy on certified pasture seeds produced in Australia, affecting farmers and seed producers of specified lucerne, clover and medic cultivars. Producers pay set rates (lucerne $12.50/t, clovers $10/t, most medics $7.50/t); State government seed is exempt.\n\nThe Minister can add/remove cultivars or change rates by Gazette notice (must consider growers’ organisation advice), subject to a $50/t cap and parliamentary disallowance."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The text itself sets out a levy on specified, certified cultivars with Ministerial amendment power and a statutory cap. There is no indication within this instrument that its scope has been altered from an earlier intent; the Act defines who pays, what is leviable and how rates are fixed or varied (ss4–9, Schedule)."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed Schedule listing many species and cultivar-specific rates creates operational/record-keeping burden for producers and administrators (Schedule; s7).","Levy applies only to seed certified under a certification scheme, requiring compliance with certification rules (s6(b)).","Levy liability is allocated to the producer, concentrating cash-flow/compliance on that group (s8).","Ministerial power to amend the Schedule by instrument introduces administrative discretion and regulatory changeability; instrument is disallowable (s9(1), s9(4)).","Mandatory consideration of growers organisation recommendations gives a consultative step but no binding veto, creating potential stakeholder influence without strict constraints (s9(2)).","Statutory cap on rates ($50/tonne) bounds maximum increase but allows variability within that ceiling (s9(3)).","Cross-reference to the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 for undefined terms creates reliance on external legislation for operative definitions (s4(2)).","Act binds the Crown in right of each State, extending application across jurisdictions (s5).","Exclusion of seed belonging to a State is a limited carve-out that may require tracing ownership for compliance (s6)."],"plain_english_summary":"Provides for a per-tonne levy on \"leviable seed\" — certified seed of cultivars listed in the Schedule — harvested in Australia, payable by the seed producer (ss6–8). The Schedule sets cultivar-specific rates and may be amended by the Minister (s9) after considering recommendations from the growers organisation, subject to a $50/tonne cap; amendments are disallowable instruments. The Act binds the States and imports certain definitions from the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 (s4–5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/pasture-seed-levy-act-1989","history":"/api/acts/pasture-seed-levy-act-1989/history","analysis":"/api/acts/pasture-seed-levy-act-1989/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/pasture-seed-levy-act-1989/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/pasture-seed-levy-act-1989/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/pasture-seed-levy-act-1989/documents"}}