Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033:clause:2_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 1
Character Range: 177741–179465

1            The sum of the following components:
             (a) 1 cent per kilogram of the cherries (the marketing component);
             (b) 5 cents per kilogram of the cherries (the research and development component);
             (c) 0.3 cents per kilogram of the cherries (the biosecurity activity component);
             (d) 0.7 cents per kilogram of the cherries (the biosecurity response component)

41‑4  Levy payer
  The levy on cherries is payable by the person who owns the cherries immediately after they are harvested.

41‑5  Application provision
  Clause 41‑1 applies in relation to cherries that are sold on or after 1 April 2025, whether the cherries are harvested before, on or after that day.

Division 42—Chestnuts

42‑1  Imposition of chestnut levy
 (1) Levy is imposed on chestnuts that are harvested in Australia and are:
 (a) sold by the person who owns the chestnuts immediately after they are harvested; or
 (b) processed by or for the person who owns the chestnuts immediately after they are harvested.
 (2) Chestnut means a nut of the genus Castanea.

42‑2  Exemptions from the levy

Chestnuts sold or processed after export
 (1) Levy is not imposed on chestnuts that are sold or processed after being exported from Australia.

Threshold exemption
 (2) Levy is not imposed on chestnuts if:
 (a) the chestnuts are sold by a person by retail sale in a financial year; and
 (b) the total quantity of chestnuts sold by the person by retail sale in that year is 500 kilograms or less.
 (3) Subclause (2) does not apply to chestnuts covered by subclause (1).

42‑3  Rate of the levy
  The rate of the levy on chestnuts is worked out using this table.

Chestnut levy
Item           Rate of levy