Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00022:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00022
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 17966–19197

1                        Nil (the research and development component)

2‑4  Charge payer
  The charge on queen bees is payable by the person who exports the queen bees from Australia.

2‑5  Application provision
  Clause 2‑1 applies in relation to queen bees that are exported on or after 1 July 2025, whether the queen bees are bred before, on or after that day.

Division 3—Honey

3‑1  Imposition of honey export charge
  Charge is imposed on honey that is:
 (a) produced in Australia by a bee of the species Apis mellifera; and
 (b) exported from Australia.

3‑2  Exemptions from the charge

Levy already imposed
 (1) Charge is not imposed on honey if levy has already been imposed on the honey under subclause 3‑1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 2024.

Threshold exemption
 (2) Charge is not imposed on honey that a person exports from Australia in a calendar month if the total quantity of honey the person exports from Australia in that month is 50 kilograms or less.
 (3) Subclause (2) does not apply to honey covered by subclause (1).

3‑3  Rate of the charge
  The rate of the charge on honey is worked out using this table.

Honey export charge
Item                 Rate of charge