{"id":"C2004A04101","name":"Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991","slug":"primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"26 of 1991","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":26519,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04101-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"#### 1 Short title\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n  This Act commences at the commencement of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consequential amendments of other Acts","content":"#### 3 Consequential amendments of other Acts\n\n  The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended as set out in that Schedule.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeals","content":"#### 4 Repeals\n\n  The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are repealed.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Saving—levy and charge collection","content":"#### 5 Saving—levy and charge collection\n\n  Despite the repeal by this Act of an Act, or the provisions of an Act, relating to the collection of levy or charge imposed by another Act (in this section called the imposition Act) and the amendment by this Act of the imposition Act, the Act so repealed or the provisions so repealed, as the case may be, any regulations made under or for the purposes of that Act or those provisions and any agreement entered into between the Commonwealth and a State or Territory under that Act or those provisions continue to apply in relation to levy or charge imposed before the commencement of this Act as if the repeal had not been effected and the imposition Act had not been amended.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Saving—section 9 of the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971","content":"#### 6 Saving—section 9 of the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971\n\n  Despite the repeal of the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971 by this Act, section 9 of that Act continues to apply in relation to contracts referred to in that section entered into before the commencement of this Act as if the repeal had not been effected.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Saving—section 118 of the Dairy Produce Act 1986","content":"#### 7 Saving—section 118 of the Dairy Produce Act 1986\n\n  (1) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was entitled:\n    (a) to make a request under subsection 118(4) of the Dairy Produce Act 1986; or\n    (b) to make an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under subsection 118(11) of that Act for a review of a decision other than a decision of the Australian Dairy Corporation under subsection 118(9) of that Act;\n  then, despite the amendments of the Dairy Produce Act 1986 made by this Act, that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues to apply in respect of that person in relation to the making of such a request or application and in relation to a decision made under subsection 118(7) in relation to such a request as if those amendments had not been made.\n  (2) Where:\n    (a) before the commencement of this section a person made a request under subsection 118(4) of the Dairy Produce Act 1986; and\n    (b) immediately before the commencement of this section, a decision had not been made under subsection 118(7) of that Act in relation to the request;\n  then, despite the amendments of the Dairy Produce Act 1986 made by this Act, that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to apply in respect of that person in relation to that request and to a decision made under subsection 118(7) in relation to that request as if those amendments had not been made.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Saving—section 20 of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990","content":"#### 8 Saving—section 20 of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990\n\n  (1) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was entitled:\n    (a) to make a request under subsection 20(1) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990; or\n    (b) to make an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under subsection 20(5) of that Act for a review of a decision;\n  then, despite the repeal of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 by this Act, that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues to apply in respect of that person in relation to the making of such a request or application and in relation to a decision made under subsection 20(3) in relation to such a request as if the repeal had not been effected.\n  (2) Where:\n    (a) before the commencement of this section a person made a request under subsection 20(1) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990; and\n    (b) immediately before the commencement of this section a decision had not been made under subsection 20(3) of that Act in relation to the request;\n  then, despite the repeal of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 by this Act, that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to apply in respect of that person in relation to that request and to a decision made under subsection 20(3) in relation to that request as if the repeal had not been effected.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Saving—review of decisions","content":"#### 9 Saving—review of decisions\n\n  Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was entitled to make an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under a provision specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 3 of an Act specified in column 3 of that item, then, despite the repeal or amendment of that Act, that Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues to apply in respect of that person in relation to the making of such an application as if the Act had not been repealed or the amendment made, as the case may be.\n\nSchedule 1—Consequential amendments of other Acts\n\nSection 3\n\nApple and Pear Export Charge Act 1976\n\nSection 4:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 5 (definition of Association):\n\nOmit the definition, substitute the following definition:\n\n> Growers’ Association means the association known as the Australian Apple and Pear Growers’ Association that was formed at a meeting in Melbourne on 5 and 6 December 1945.\n\nSection 5:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (3) 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.\n\nSubsection 6(2):\n\nOmit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:\n\n  (2) The charge is payable by the producer.\n\nSubsection 8(2):\n\nOmit “Association”, substitute “Growers’ Association”.\n\nApple and Pear Levy Act 1976\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of Association):\n\nOmit the definition, substitute the following definition:\n\n> Growers’ Association means the association known as the Australian Apple and Pear Growers’ Association that was formed at a meeting in Melbourne on 5 and 6 December 1945.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of dealer):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of juicing fruit):\n\n    (a) Omit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n    (b) Omit “dealer”, substitute “selling agent”.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of processing fruit):\n\n    (a) Omit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n    (b) Omit “dealer”, substitute “selling agent”.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of retail sale):\n\n    (a) Omit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n    (b) Omit “dealer”, substitute “selling agent”.\n\nSubsection 4(3):\n\n    (a) Omit “dealer”, substitute “selling agent”.\n    (b) Omit “growers”, substitute “producers”.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (4) 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.\n\nSubsection 5(1):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 5(1A):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 5(2):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 7(1):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 7(3A):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nAustralian Horticultural Corporation Act 1987\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of appoint):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSubsection 3(1):\n\nInsert the following definition:\n\n> Levies and Charges Collection Act means the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.\n\nAfter paragraph 47(1)(a):\n\nInsert the following paragraph:\n\n    (aa) amounts received by the Commonwealth by way of penalty under section 15 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in paragraph (a); and\n\nAfter paragraph 47(2)(a):\n\nInsert the following paragraph:\n\n    (aa) amounts received by the Commonwealth by way of penalty under section 15 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act in relation to amounts of charge referred to in paragraph (a); and\n\nAfter paragraph 47(4)(a):\n\nInsert the following paragraph:\n\n    (aa) amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth under subsection 7(1) or (2) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act, or by virtue of an agreement entered into under section 10 or 11 of that Act, in relation to such levy; and\n\nParagraph 47(4)(b):\n\nOmit “levy.”, substitute “levy; and”.\n\nAfter paragraph 47(5)(a):\n\nInsert the following paragraph:\n\n    (aa) amounts of charge received by the Commonwealth under paragraph 7(3)(b) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act, or by virtue of an agreement entered into under section 10 or 11 of that Act, in relation to such charge; and\n\nParagraph 47(5)(b):\n\nOmit “charge.”, substitute “charge; and”.\n\nAfter paragraph 47(5)(b):\n\nAdd the following paragraph:\n\n    (ba) amounts received by the Commonwealth under subsection 9(1) of that Act, or by virtue of an agreement entered into under section 10 or 11 of that Act, in respect of penalty payable under that Act.\n\nAfter subsection 47(5):\n\nInsert the following subsection:\n\n  (5A) The reference in paragraph (1)(aa) to amounts received by the Commonwealth by way of penalty under section 15 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act includes a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received by the Commonwealth under paragraph 7(1)(f) of that Act; and\n    (b) amounts received by the Commonwealth under subsection 9(1) of that Act, or by virtue of an agreement entered into under section 10 or 11 of that Act, in respect of penalty payable under that Act.\n\nAfter subsection 47(6):\n\nInsert the following subsection:\n\n  (6A) The reference in paragraph (2)(aa) to amounts received by the Commonwealth by way of penalty under section 15 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act includes a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received by the Commonwealth under paragraph 7(1)(f) of that Act; and\n    (b) amounts received by the Commonwealth under subsection 9(1) of that Act, or by virtue of an agreement entered into under section 10 or 11 of that Act, in respect of penalty payable under that Act.\n\nSubsection 47A(1):\n\nOmit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:\n\n  (1) The Corporation may enter into an agreement, in writing, with any person who is responsible under:\n    (a) section 7 or 7A of the Levy Collection Act; or\n    (b) section 7 or 7A of the Export Charge Collection Act; or\n    (c) section 7 or 9 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act;\n  for the collection of amounts for payment to the Commonwealth, providing for payment by the Corporation to that person in respect of the collection of so much of the amounts collected as are paid to the Corporation.\n\nSubsection 47A(2):\n\nOmit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:\n\n  (2) The Corporation may enter into an agreement in writing, with any person who has agreed, under:\n    (a) subsection 7B(1) of the Levy Collection Act; or\n    (b) subsection 7B(1) of the Export Charge Collection Act; or\n    (c) subsection 10(1) or 11(1) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act;\n  to collect amounts on behalf of the Commonwealth, providing for payment by the Corporation to that person in respect of the collection of so much of the amounts collected as are paid to the Corporation.\n\nSubparagraph 48(1)(aa)(i):\n\n    (a) Insert “, (aa)” after “paragraph 47(1)(a)”.\n    (b) Insert “, (aa)” after “or (2)(a)”.\n\nAustralian Meat and Live‑stock Corporation Act 1977\n\nSubsections 34(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6):\n\nOmit the subsections, substitute the following subsections:\n\n  (2) A reference in paragraph (1)(a) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from the proprietor of an abattoir under subsection 7(2) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 13 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from the proprietor of an abattoir under section 7 of the Live‑stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 9 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.\n  (3) A reference in paragraph (1)(b) to amounts of charge received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 6 of the Live‑stock Export Charge Collection Act 1977 in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph.\n  (4) A reference in paragraph (1)(c) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from a processor under subsection 7(1) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from a processor in accordance with subsection 6(4) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.\n  (5) A reference in paragraph (1)(d) to amounts of charge received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from an exporting agent under subsection 6(5) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph.\n  (6) A reference in paragraph (1)(e) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from a selling agent, a processor or a feedlot operator under subsection 7(1) or (2) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from a selling agent, a processor or a feedlot operator under subsection 6(1), (2) or (3) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty in accordance with section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.\n\nAustralian Meat and Live‑stock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985\n\nSubsections 42(4), (5), (6), (7) and (8):\n\nOmit the subsections, substitute the following subsections:\n\n  (4) A reference in paragraph (1)(a) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from the proprietor of an abattoir under subsection 7(2) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from the proprietor of an abattoir under section 7 of the Live‑stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964, and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 9 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.\n  (5) A reference in paragraph (1)(b) to amounts of charge received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts payable by way of penalty under section 6 of the Live‑stock Export Charge Collection Act 1977 in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph.\n  (6) A reference in paragraph (1)(ba) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from a processor under subsection 7(1) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, and amounts payble by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from a processor under subsection 6(4) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.\n  (7) A reference in paragraph (1)(bb) to amounts of charge received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from an exporting agent under subsection 7(3) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from an exporting agent under subsection 6(5) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of charge referred to in that paragraph.\n  (8) A reference in paragraph (1)(bc) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth is to be read as including a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from a selling agent, a processor or a feedlot operator under subsection 7(1) or (2) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph; and\n    (b) amounts received from a selling agent, a processor or a feedlot operator under subsection 6(1), (2) or (3) of the Cattle and Beef Levy Collection Act 1990 and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 8 of that Act in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that paragraph.\n\nAustralian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of appoint):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nParagraph 32(b):\n\nAfter “Wine Grapes Levy Collection Act 1979” insert “or section 15 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991”.\n\nSection 33:\n\nAfter “Wine Grapes Levy Collection Act 1979” insert “or section 18 of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991”.\n\nBarley Research Levy Act 1980\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definitions of grower and marketing law):\n\nOmit the definitions.\n\nSubsection 4(2):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 4(3):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 4(4):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (5) 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.\n\nSubsection 5(2):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSection 7:\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nBeef Production Levy Act 1990\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4 (definition of abattoir):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nCattle Export Charge Act 1990\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nCattle Transaction Levy Act 1990\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of processor):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account):\n\nOmit the definition, substitute the following definition:\n\n> National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account means the trust account of that name continued in existence by section 4 of the National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account Act 1991.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (5) 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.\n\nCotton Levy Act 1982\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4 (definitions of grower and marketing law):\n\nOmit the definitions.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nSubsection 5(3):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nDairy Produce Act 1986\n\nSubsection 3(1):\n\nInsert the following definition:\n\n> Levies and Charges Collection Act means the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of corporation levy):\n\nOmit the definition, substitute the following definition:\n\n> corporation levy means the levy of that name imposed by the first Levy Act and includes amounts of penalty (if any) payable under the Levies and Charges Collection Act in relation to that levy.\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of dairy products levy):\n\nOmit “section 67 of this Act”, substitute “section 15 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of exotic animal disease levy):\n\nOmit “this Act”, substitute “the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of market support levy):\n\nOmit “this Act”, substitute “the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of promotion levy):\n\nOmit “this Act”, substitute “the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 3(1) (definition of research levy):\n\nOmit “this Act”, substitute “the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nHeading to Part VI:\n\nOmit the heading, substitute the following heading:","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Refunds of levies","sectionType":"part","heading":"Refunds of levies","content":"## Refunds of levies\n\nDivision 1 of Part VI:\n\nRepeal the Division.\n\nHeading to Division 2 of Part VI:\n\nOmit the heading.\n\nSections 66 to 69 (inclusive):\n\nRepeal the sections.\n\nParagraph 71(1)(b):\n\nOmit “under subsection 62(1)”, substitute “under subsection 7(1) or (2) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 74(1)(d):\n\nOmit “under subsection 65(2)”, substitute “under subsection 18(3) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 90(1)(b):\n\nOmit “under subsection 62(1)”, substitute “under section 7 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 93(1)(c):\n\nOmit “under subsection 62(1)”, substitute “under section 7 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 101(d):\n\nOmit “subsection 65(2)”, substitute “subsection 18(3) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 107(c):\n\nOmit “subsection 69(2)”, substitute “subsection 18(3) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 108(2)(c):\n\nOmit “subsection 69(2)”, substitute “subsection 18(3) of the Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nParagraph 113(2)(b):\n\nOmit the paragraph.\n\nSubsection 118(1) (definition of relevant decision):\n\nOmit paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), substitute the following paragraphs:\n\n    (a) a relevant licence decision; or\n    (b) a relevant payment decision.\n\nSubsection 118(1) (definition of relevant remission decision):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSubsection 118(1) (definition of reviewable decision):\n\nOmit paragraph (a).\n\nSubsection 118(4):\n\nOmit the subsection.\n\nSubsection 118(6):\n\nOmit “, (4)”.\n\nSubsections 118(7) and (8):\n\nOmit the subsections.\n\nParagraphs 126(d) and (e):\n\nOmit the paragraphs.\n\nDairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definitions of producer and Dairy Produce Act):\n\nOmit the definitions.\n\nSubsection 4(1):\n\nInsert the following definition:\n\n> Levies and Charges Collection Act means the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.\n\nSubsection 4(2):\n\nOmit “Dairy Produce Act”, substitute “Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 4(3):\n\nOmit “Dairy Produce Act”, substitute “Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 4(4):\n\nOmit “Dairy Produce Act”, substitute “Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 4(5):\n\nOmit “Dairy Produce Act”, substitute “Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSubsection 4(7):\n\nOmit “Dairy Produce Act”, substitute “Levies and Charges Collection Act”.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (8) 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 Levies and Charges Collection Act for the purposes of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in the Levies and Charges Collection Act.\n\nSubsection 11(1):\n\nOmit “the proprietor of the factory at which they are produced”, substitute “the producer”.\n\nSection 13:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nDairy Produce Levy (No. 2) Act 1986\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 10:\n\nOmit “importer”, substitute “producer”.\n\nDried Fruits Levy Act 1971\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definitions of packing house, packed and the packer):\n\nOmit the definitions.\n\nSubsection 4(2):\n\n    (a) Omit “for packing”, substitute “for processing”.\n    (b) Omit “packing house”, substitute “processing establishment”.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (3) 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.\n\nSection 5:\n\nOmit “packing”, substitute “processing”.\n\nSubsection 6(4):\n\nOmit “packing”, substitute “processing”.\n\nSection 7:\n\nRepeal the section, substitute the following section:","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Review of decisions","content":"#### 31 Review of decisions\n\n  Applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of decisions made by the Minister for the purposes of subsection 19(3).\n\nDried Vine Fruits Equalization Levy Act 1978\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4:\n\nRepeal the section, substitute the following section:","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"8A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appointment of authorised persons","content":"#### 8A Appointment of authorised persons\n\n  The Minister may, by writing signed by the Minister, appoint a person to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Act.\n\nGoat Fibre Levy Act 1989\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nSection 7:\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nSection 9:\n\nOmit the section, substitute the following section:","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"5A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"#### 5A Interpretation\n\n  (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> chargeable horticultural products means horticultural products prescribed for the purposes of this definition.\n\n> cut flowers and foliage includes processed cut flowers and foliage.\n\n> fruits includes processed fruits.\n\n> horticultural products means:\n\n    (a) fruits; and\n    (b) vegetables; and\n    (c) nuts; and\n    (d) nursery products; and\n    (e) cut flowers and foliage; and\n    (f) products prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.\n\n> nursery products includes trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, corms, tubers, propagating material and plant tissue cultures, grown for ornamental purposes or for producing fruits, vegetables, nuts or cut flowers and foliage.\n\n> nuts includes processed nuts.\n\n> vegetables includes:\n\n    (a) mushrooms and other edible fungi; and\n    (b) processed vegetables (including mushrooms and other edible fungi).\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.\n\nSection 12:\n\nOmit “owner”, substitute “producer”.\n\nHorticultural Levy Act 1987\n\nSection 4:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nAfter section 5:\n\nInsert the following section:","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"3A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"#### 3A Interpretation\n\n  (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> chicken means a chicken hatched from the egg of a domesticated fowl.\n\n> hatchery means a hatchery where chickens are hatched for commercial purposes.\n\n> laying chicken means a female chicken that is to be raised for the production of eggs.\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":18},{"sectionNumber":"3B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nominal groups of 100 chickens","content":"#### 3B Nominal groups of 100 chickens\n\n  For the purposes of this Act, where, in accordance with the practice of the poultry industry, the proprietor of a hatchery treats a number of chickens, being a number not exceeding 106, as 100 chickens, that number of chickens will be taken to be 100 chickens.\n\nSection 8:\n\nOmit “proprietor of the hatchery in which the chickens were hatched”, substitute “producer of the chickens”.\n\nLive‑stock Export Charge Act 1977\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4 (definition of exporter):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nSection 12:\n\n    (a) Omit “exporter”, substitute “producer”.\n    (b) Add at the end the following subsection:\n  (2) In this section:\n\n> producer includes a State and an authority of a State.\n\nLive‑stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definition of abattoir):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nMeat Chicken Levy Act 1969\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4:\n\nInsert the following definition:\n\n> hatchery means a hatchery where chickens are hatched for commercial purposes.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nOilseeds Levy Act 1977\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definitions of grower, levy year, marketing law and processing):\n\nOmit the definitions.\n\nSubsection 4(2):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 4(3):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 4(4):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (6) 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.\n\nSubsection 5(2):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSection 7:\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 8(1):\n\nOmit “growers”, substitute “producers”.\n\nSubsection 8(2):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 8(3):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nPasture Seed Levy Act 1989\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nSection 8:\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nPig Industry Act 1986\n\nSection 3 (definition of appoint):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSubsection 12(6) (definition of Parliament):\n\n> Parliament means:\n\n    (a) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory—the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory; and\n    (b) in relation to the Northern Territory—the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.\n\nSubsection 12(6) (definition of State):\n\nAfter “includes” insert “the Australian Capital Territory and”.\n\nSubsection 23(2):\n\nOmit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:\n\n  (2) A reference in subsection (1) to amounts of levy received by the Commonwealth includes a reference to:\n    (a) amounts received from the producer under subsection 7(1) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 15 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that subsection; and\n    (b) amounts received from the producer under section 6 of the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971, and amounts payable by way of penalty under section 7 of that Act, in relation to amounts of levy referred to in that subsection.\n\nPig Slaughter Levy Act 1971\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4 (definition of abattoir):\n\nOmit the definition.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nSection 7:\n\nOmit “person who owns the pig at the time when the slaughter takes place”, substitute “producer”.\n\nPoultry Industry Levy Act 1965\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\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.\n\nSection 7:\n\nOmit “owner”, substitute “producer”.\n\nPrimary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989\n\nSection 35:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSugar Cane Levy Act 1987\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nSubsection 4(1) (definitions of grower, miller, organisation and premises):\n\nOmit the definitions.\n\nSection 4:\n\nAdd at the end the following subsection:\n\n  (3) 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.\n\nSection 8:\n\nRepeal the section, substitute the following section:","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"4A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"#### 4A Interpretation\n\n  (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> leviable grain means triticale.\n\n> leviable weight, in relation to a levy year, means:\n\n    (a) 15 tonnes; or\n    (b) if, before the commencement of the levy year, another weight is prescribed in relation to that year, that prescribed weight.\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.\n\nParagraph 5(a):\n\nOmit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n\nSection 7:\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nSubsection 8(1):\n\nOmit “growers”, substitute “producers”.\n\nSubsection 8(2):\n\n    (a) Omit “grower” (wherever occurring), substitute “producer”.\n    (b) Omit “growers”, substitute “producer’s”.\n\nSubsection 8(3):\n\nOmit “grower”, substitute “producer”.\n\nWheat Industry Fund Levy Act 1989\n\nSection 3:\n\nRepeal the section.\n\nAfter section 4:\n\nInsert the following section:","sortOrder":21}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2700},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act performs exactly the function indicated by its title. It is a standard consequential amendments statute that makes necessary technical changes to support the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991. The scope remains limited to transitional housekeeping—updating definitions, repealing superseded collection Acts, and preserving existing rights—without expanding beyond the original purpose of facilitating the move to a unified levy collection system."},"complexity_factors":["Consequential amendments to over 40 separate primary Acts across multiple agricultural sectors","Repeal of 26 separate industry-specific collection Acts","Extensive terminology standardization (e.g., replacing 'grower' with 'producer', 'dealer' with 'selling agent')","Multi-layered saving provisions preserving review rights, collection agreements, and pending tribunal applications","Cross-referencing to the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 for shared definitions","Technical amendments involving substitution of specific subsections and definitions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act tidies the law so Australia can move agricultural levies and charges onto a single, new collection framework. It amends over 40 industry laws, repeals 26 redundant collection Acts, and updates terminology and references so the new Collection Act is the legal source of levy collection.\n\nIt also preserves existing rights and agreements (including appeal and contract rights) so farmers, exporters and processors keep their entitlements during the transition."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act's scope remains consequential: it centralises levy collection mechanics under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991, repeals legacy collection statutes (Schedule 2) and harmonises definitions and payor rules across many industry Acts (Schedule 1). It does not itself create new levy imposition powers but reassigns collection, penalty and review procedures and preserves pre‑commencement rights and agreements (see ss 5–9 and Schedule 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Large number of consequential amendments and repeals across many Acts (see Schedule 1 and Schedule 2) — increases cross‑statute drafting complexity.","Extensive cross‑referencing to the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 for definitions and collection rules (many 'Unless the contrary intention appears' clauses) — creates dependency on another Act's text (see numerous inserts in Schedule 1).","Terminology harmonisation (e.g. replacing 'grower', 'vendor', 'owner' or 'exporter' with 'producer', and redefining roles like 'selling agent' or 'processor') — alters who is identified as liable across statutes (multiple Schedule 1 items).","Transitional and saving provisions preserving pre‑commencement rights, agreements and tribunal review paths (ss 5–9) — requires case‑by‑case treatment of ongoing matters and records.","Integration of penalty and collection mechanics from the new Act into existing fund and corporation payment provisions (explicit references to penalties under s 15 of the Levies and Charges Collection Act and payment provisions inserted into industry Acts such as the Australian Horticultural Corporation Act and others in Schedule 1).","Shifts in who legally pays levies in several Acts (explicit new 'levy payable by the producer' provisions in multiple entries of Schedule 1) — affects commercial cash‑flow and contractual allocation of costs.","New delegated arrangements and contracting references (Ministerial appointments, authorised persons, and Corporations entering payment/collection agreements — see substituted ss 47A/45A and inserted sections such as 8A in Schedule 1) — introduces administrative discretion and contracting complexity.","Schedule 3 list of specific provisions preserving review rights across many repealed collection Acts — adds procedural complexity for appeals and review tracking."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act implements the administrative changes needed after the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991: it repeals many legacy levy‑collection Acts, updates dozens of statutes to use the new collection framework and harmonises terminology (for example replacing “grower” with “producer”). It preserves existing regulations, agreements and rights of review for matters begun before commencement (see ss 5–9). Affected parties include producers, processors, selling agents and industry corporations; the measure centralises collection mechanics and reallocates compliance responsibilities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991","history":"/api/acts/primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991/history","analysis":"/api/acts/primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/primary-industries-levies-and-charges-collection-consequential-provisions-act-1991/documents"}}