Commonwealth legislation

Honey Levy (Amount of Levy) (No. 2) Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

243 of 1978

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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What this does: These regulations set the amount that honey producers must pay to the government for every kilogram of honey they produce or import. The rate is fixed at 1.8 cents per kilogram.

Who it affects: Australian honey producers and anyone liable to pay the honey levy under the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962.

Why it matters: This levy (essentially an industry tax) funds national honey industry activities—including research, marketing, and administration by bodies like the Australian Honey Board mentioned in the preamble.

Key details:

Rate: 1.8 cents per kilogram of honey
Effective date: 1 December 1978
Replaces: The previous 1977 rate regulations (which are repealed by this instrument)

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Honey Levy (Amount of Levy) (No. 2) Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 243

REGULATIONS UNDER THE HONEY LEVY ACT (No. 2) 1962*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and having taken into consideration the recommendations made to the Minister by the Australian Honey Board with respect to the rate of levy to be prescribed for the purposes of section 5 of the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962, hereby make the following Regulations under the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962.

Dated this twenty-third day of November 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry

HONEY LEVY (AMOUNT OF LEVY) (No. 2) REGULATIONS

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Honey Levy (Amount of Levy) (No. 2) Regulations.

Commencement

These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 December 1978.

Repeal of former Honey Levy (Amount of Levy) (No. 2) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1977 No. 234 are repealed.

Rate of levy

For the purposes of section 5 of the Honey Levy Act (No. 2) 1962, the rate of levy is 1.8 cents per kilogram of honey.

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1978.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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