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Primary Industries and Energy
Legislation Amendment Act 1994

No. 94 of 1994

An Act to amend the law relating to primary industries and
energy, and for related purposes

[Assented to 29 June 1994]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 1994.

Commencement

2.(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The amendment of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1988 made by the Schedule commences on 30 June 1994.

(3) The amendment of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 made by the Schedule commences or is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994.

(4) The amendment of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 made by the Schedule commences or is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994.

(5) The amendments of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1994 made by the Schedule commence, or are taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of section 91 of that Act.

(6) The amendment of the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 made by the Schedule is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1993.

(7) The amendment of the Offshore Minerals Act 1994 made by the Schedule is taken to have commenced on 25 February 1994.

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908

Division 1—Preliminary

Principal Act

  3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Quarantine Act 19081.

Division 2—Fees and deposits

Object of Division

4. The object of this Division is to make provision for late payment fees in respect of quarantine services, and for booking fees and deposits for services provided at quarantine stations, and to authorise the withholding of quarantine services until fees and any deposits have been paid.

Fees and deposits

  5.(1) Section 86E of the Principal Act is amended:

  (a) by inserting before subsection (1) the following subsections:

      "(1A) In this section:

     'basic fee' has the meaning given by subsection (2B);

     'late payment fee' has the meaning given by subsection (2B);

     'payment day', in relation to a basic fee or a deposit in respect of a quarantine service, means the last day of the period within which the fee or deposit is required to be paid;

   'quarantine service' means anything referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d).

   "(1B) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, make determinations for the purposes of this section.";

   (b) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words before paragraph