Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 48491–51278

1           The sum of the following components:
            (a) 1.5 cents per kilogram of the honey (the research and development component);
            (b) 0.1 cents per kilogram of the honey (the biosecurity activity component);
            (c) 2.7 cents per kilogram of the honey (the biosecurity response component);
            (d) 0.3 cents per kilogram of the honey (the National Residue Survey component)

3‑4  Levy payer

Sale of honey
 (1) The levy imposed by subclause 3‑1(1) on honey that is sold is payable by the person who owns the honey immediately before the sale.

Honey used in the production of other goods
 (2) The levy imposed by subclause 3‑1(2) on honey that is used in the production of other goods is payable by the person who owns the honey immediately before the honey begins to be so used.

3‑5  Application provision
  Clause 3‑1 applies in relation to honey that is sold, or used in the production of other goods, on or after 1 January 2025, whether the honey is produced before, on or after that day.

Part 1‑2—Chickens and eggs

Division 4—Introduction

4‑1  Simplified outline of this Part

      Laying chickens
      Laying chicken levy is imposed on laying chickens that are hatched at a hatchery in Australia. There are levy exemptions.
      Eggs
      Egg levy is imposed on laying chickens that are:
             (a) purchased from the proprietor of a hatchery in Australia for use in the commercial production of eggs; or
             (b) released from a hatchery into a commercial egg production facility in Australia for keeping for use in the commercial production of eggs.
      There are levy exemptions.
      Meat chickens
      Meat chicken levy is imposed on meat chickens that are hatched at a hatchery in Australia. There are levy exemptions.

Division 5—Laying chickens and eggs

Subdivision 5‑A—Laying chickens

5‑1  Imposition of laying chicken levy
  Levy is imposed on laying chickens that are hatched at a hatchery in Australia.

5‑2  Exemptions from the levy
 (1) Levy is not imposed on laying chickens hatched at a hatchery in a financial year if less than 1,060 laying chickens are hatched at that hatchery in that year.
 (2) Levy is not imposed on laying chickens that die, or are destroyed, at the hatchery at which they were hatched within 48 hours after being hatched.
Note: The effect of this subclause is that the exemption does not apply to laying chickens that die, or are destroyed, within those 48 hours at a place other than the hatchery.
 (3) Laying chickens covered by subclause (2) are not counted for the purposes of subclause (1).

5‑3  Rate of the levy
  The rate of the levy imposed by clause 5‑1 on laying chickens is worked out using this table.

Laying chicken levy
Item                 Rate of levy