Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00022:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00022
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 44046–47010

1                   1.5% of the free on board value of the wool immediately before export (the general component)

18‑4  Charge payer
  The charge on wool is payable by the person who exports the wool from Australia.

18‑5  Application provision
  Clause 18‑1 applies in relation to wool that is exported on or after 1 July 2025, whether the wool is harvested before, on or after that day.

Part 1‑4—Other animals

Division 19—Introduction

19‑1  Simplified outline of this Part

      There are 2 charges on farmed prawns:
             (a) farmed prawns export charge is imposed on farmed prawns that are harvested in Australia and exported from Australia; and
             (b) white spot disease repayment export charge is imposed on farmed prawns that are harvested in Australia and exported from Australia.
      There is no charge if levy has already been imposed on the farmed prawns under the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 2024.

Division 20—Farmed prawns

20‑1  Imposition of farmed prawns export charge and white spot disease repayment export charge

Farmed prawns export charge
 (1) Charge is imposed on farmed prawns that are harvested in Australia and exported from Australia.
Note: Amounts equal to farmed prawns export charge received by or on behalf of the Commonwealth are to be paid to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024, for spending on research and development activities for the benefit of the farmed prawn industry.

White spot disease repayment export charge
 (2) Charge is imposed on farmed prawns that are harvested in Australia and exported from Australia.
Note: Amounts equal to white spot disease repayment export charge received by or on behalf of the Commonwealth:
(a) are initially retained by the Commonwealth to repay the government‑underwritten assistance package provided to prawn farmers affected by white spot disease in the Logan River area of Queensland; and
(b) after the farmed prawn industry's liability to the Commonwealth is repaid, are to be paid to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024.

Definitions
 (3) Farmed prawns means banana prawns, black tiger prawns, brown tiger prawns, Australian Kuruma prawns or Eastern school prawns that are produced by aquaculture.
 (4) Banana prawn means an animal of the species Penaeus merguiensis, also known as Fenneropenaeus merguiensis.
 (5) Black tiger prawn means an animal of the species Penaeus monodon.
 (6) Brown tiger prawn means an animal of the species Penaeus esculentus.
 (7) Australian Kuruma prawn means an animal of the species Penaeus pulchricaudatus (formerly known as Penaeus japonicus).
 (8) Eastern school prawn means an animal of the species Metapenaeus macleayi.

20‑2  Exemptions from the charge
  Charge is not imposed on farmed prawns if levy has already been imposed