13Issue of tariff rate quota certificates using tariff rate quota entitlement

13 Issue of tariff rate quota certificates using tariff rate quota entitlement

Applications for tariff rate quota certificates (1) A person who has a tariff rate quota entitlement for an eligible feed grain contract and a quota year may, if the amount of the entitlement is greater than zero, apply to the Secretary for a tariff rate quota certificate in relation to a consignment to be exported to Indonesia under the contract in the quota year. (2) An application must be made during the certificate application period for the contract.

Note: See section 30 for additional requirements and other matters relating to applications.

Issuing tariff rate quota certificates (3) Subject to section 14, the Secretary must issue a tariff rate quota certificate to the applicant in relation to the consignment.

Note: Section 14 deals with when the Secretary may decide not to issue a certificate.

(4) The certificate must be issued for the lower of the following amounts: (a) the weight of the consignment applied for; (b) the amount of the applicant’s tariff rate quota entitlement for the contract and the quota year at the time the Secretary deals with the application.

Note: The amount of the applicant’s tariff rate quota entitlement for the contract and the quota year is reduced by the weight for which the tariff rate quota certificate is issued (see subsection 6(2)).