Bill
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-08-31. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-08-14
- second reading — 2018-08-14
- third reading — 2018-08-14
- introduced — 2018-08-14
- second reading — 2018-08-14
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- third reading — 2018-08-23
- passed — 2018-08-23
- royal assent — 2018-08-31
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-03-28.
This bill updates the law for collecting agricultural levies and charges to reflect modern trading methods like online marketplaces.
It would let the Secretary of Agriculture determine which actions make a person responsible for collecting and reporting levies, and allow conditions on disclosing levy payer register information.
The bill also permits publishing statistical information about levies and charges to help industries understand their costs and benefits.
- The bill updates the definition of intermediaries to cover modern buying and selling methods such as online platforms.
- It allows the Secretary to impose conditions on disclosing levy payer register information and to revoke approval if conditions are breached.
- The bill subjects these decisions to reconsideration and review under the Act.
- It allows the Secretary to collect commodity-specific information for levy payer registers via legislative instrument.
- The bill permits publication of statistical information about levies and charges.
- It makes minor technical amendments, including adding the Australian Company Number to eligible recipients.
Agricultural industries, levy payers, rural research and development corporations, and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
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