Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990

Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 Statutory Rules 1990 No. 235 as amended made under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 This compilation was prepared on 3 September 1999 taking into account amendments up to SR 1999 No. 99 Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127 Contents Page 2 Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 Contents 1 Name of regulations [see Note 1] 3 2 Commencement 3 3 Interpretation 3 4 Establishment of the Grains Corporation 3 5 Levies attached to the Corporation 4 6 Gross value of production of grain 4 7 Separate accounting records 5 Notes 6 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127 Regulation 4 Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 3 1 Name of regulations [see Note 1] These regulations are the Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990. 2 Commencement These Regulations commence on 1 October 1990. 3 Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears: coarse grain means leviable coarse grain within the meaning of the Coarse Grains Levy Act 1992. Corporation means the Grains Research and Development Corporation specified in regulation 4. grain legumes means leviable grain legumes within the meaning of the Grain Legumes Levy Act 1985. grains means coarse grain, grain legumes, linseed, rapeseed, safflower seed, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. grains industry means the industry concerned with the production, processing, manufacture, distribution and sale of grains. the Act means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989. 4 Establishment of the Grains Corporation An R & D Corporation to be known as the Grains Research and Development Corporation is declared to be established in respect of the grains industry. Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127 Regulation 6 4 Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 5 Levies attached to the Corporation (1) For paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, each of the following levies is attached to the Corporation: (a) the levy imposed by clause 5 of Schedule 4 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999; (b) the levy imposed by clause 5 of Schedule 12 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999; (c) the levy imposed by clause 6 of Schedule 20 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999; (d) the levy imposed by clause 4 of Schedule 25 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999. (2) For paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, the whole of each levy referred to in subregulation (1) is the research component of that levy. (3) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the grains industry is the primary industry to which each levy referred to in subregulation (1) relates. 6 Gross value of production of grain (1) The Minister is to determine the gross value of the production of grain for a financial year (in this regulation called relevant year) by calculating that value In accordance with the formula: A B C  3 where: A is the value of grain produced in the financial year ending 1 year before the start of the relevant year; and B is the value of grain produced in the financial year immediately before the relevant year; and C is the estimated value of grain to be produced in the relevant year Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127 Regulation 7 Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 5 (2) A reference to the value of grain produced or to be produced in a financial year is a reference to the production figure supplied by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics that shows: (a) the gross value of grain produced; or (b) the estimated gross value of grain to be produced; by the grains industry in that financial year. 7 Separate accounting records For the purposes of section 40 of the Act, the Corporation must keep separate accounting records in relation to R & D activities carried out: (a) in accordance with a joint venture agreement; or (b) by a subsidiary of the Corporation. Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127 Notes to the Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 Table of Statutory Rules 6 Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 Notes to the Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 Note 1 The Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 (in force under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1990 No. 235 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Statutory Rules Year and number Date of notification in Gazette Date of commencement Application, saving or transitional provisions 1990 No. 235 12 July 1990 1 Oct 1990 1991 No. 179 28 June 1991 1 Oct 1990 — 1992 No. 310 30 Sept 1992 1 Oct 1992 — 1999 No. 99 17 June 1999 1 July 1999 — Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127 Notes to the Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 Table of Amendments Grains Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 7 Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted Provision affected How affected R. 1 ..................................... rs. 1999 No. 99 R. 3 ..................................... am. 1992 No. 310 R. 5 ..................................... am. 1991 No. 179; 1992 No. 310; 1999 No. 99 Note to r. 5 (2) ..................... rep. 1999 No. 99 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2004C00127