Bill
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023
passed, as at 2024-07-09. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio.
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- Portfolio
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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- Murray Watt I table addenda to the explanatory memoranda relating to the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2023 and the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Bill 2023. The addenda respond to matters raised by the Scrutiny of Bills Committee. Question agreed to. Bills read a second time. Sue Lines The question is that the amendments on sheets 2420, 2421 and 2422, circulated by the opposition, be agreed to. _Opposition's circulated amendments—_ SHEET 2420 Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 2023 (1) Clause 4, page 3 (after line 12), after the definition of _animal_, insert: _Animal Health Australia_ has the same meaning as in the _Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024_. (2) Clause 4, page 3 (after line 22), after the definition of _charge_, insert: _emergency animal biosecurity response deed_ has the same meaning as in the _Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024_. _emergency plant biosecurity response deed_ has the same meaning as in the _Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024_. (3) Clause 4, page 4 (after line 11), after the definition of _plant_, insert: _Plant Health Australia_ has the same meaning as in the _Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024_. (4) Clause 7, page 6 (lines 19 to 22), omit paragraphs (3)(c) and (d), substitute: (c) expenditure on activities, including biosecurity activities, that: (i) are undertaken by, or at the direction of, Animal Health Australia or Plant Health Australia; and (ii) relate to the promotion or maintenance of the health of plants, animals, fungi or algae; (d) expenditure on matters relating to a biosecurity response under: (i) an emergency animal biosecurity response deed; or (ii) an emergency plant biosecurity response deed; (5) Clause 10, page 8 (lines 17 to 20), omit paragraphs (2)(a) and (b), substitute: (a) expenditure on activities, including biosecurity activities, that: (i) are undertaken by, or a — 2024-07-01, Senate: negative, ayes 28, noes 34
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Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-10-18.
This bill would replace the current 1991 Act to create a modernised framework for collecting agricultural levies and charges.
It would clarify the roles of levy payers, charge payers and collection agents, and introduce collection rules for each commodity.
The bill would also trigger enforcement powers from the Regulatory Powers Act and introduce infringement notices and civil penalties for proportional responses.
- Replaces the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.
- Clarifies roles of participants using consistent terminology.
- Provides for collection rules setting out specific obligations.
- Triggers monitoring, investigation, and enforcement powers of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
- Introduces infringement notices and civil penalties.
- Provides for appropriate use and disclosure of information with safeguards.
Farmers, producers, processors, exporters, and collection agents in agricultural, fisheries and forestry industries.
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