Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (No. 15 of 2015)

JAMAICA No. i5 - 2015 I assent, Governor-General. AN ACT to make special provisions for the payment and collection of the Conch Levy payable under the Conch (Export Levy) Act in relation to the 2015 conch season and any subsequent season specified in a resolution of each House of Parliament. [j..o.Lct.co ~~ 1 a.O 15 ] BE IT ENACTEI) by The QlIee~'i M6Sl Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Representatives of Jamaica, and by the authority of the same, as follows: P ART I-Preliminary 1.--{1) This Act may be cited as the Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, and shall be read and construed as one with the Conch (Export Levy) Act (hereinafterreferred to as the "principal Act") and shall come into operation on the 1 st day of July, 2015. Short title. construction and commencement · ! 2 [No. ] The Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 Schedule. Duration of this Act. Amendment of principal Act. (2) During the continuance in force of this Act, the principal Act shall be read and construed as ifthe amendments specified in the Schedule were in force. 2.-{1) SUbject to subsection (2), this Act shall continue in force for a period of one year from the date of its commencement, and shall then expire. (2) Notwithstanding its expiration under subsection (1), the operation of this Act may be revi ved B:om time to time by resolution of each HOllse of Parliament in accordru1ce with sub ection (3). (3) A resolution under subsection (2)---,. (a) shall be in the same terms for each House; (b) shall specifY the period, for which the operation of this Act is revived; and (c) may amend any provision of this Act. 3. The provisions of the principal Act specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended in the manner specified respectively in relation to them in the second column of the Schedule. The Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 [No. ] Provision Section 3 New Secton 3A SCHEDULE (Sections 1(2) and 3) Amendment In subsection (2), delete the word "An" and substitute therefor the words "Subject to section 3A" Insert next after section 3 the following as section 3A "Payment of levy to be completed with i n three months of application. 3A.-(1) This section applies to any conch season specified in subsection (2) and to every consignment of conch that is the subject of (a) an export quota under the Endangered Species (Protection, Conservation and Regulation of Trade) Act; and (b) an export health certificate and an export licence that have been applied for within such period as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe with respect to that conch season. (2) Subsection (1) shall apply t~ (a) the 2015 conch season; (b) any subsequent season specified in a resolution of each House of Parliament made under section 2 of the Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. (3) Where the levy becomes payable for a consignment of conch to which section 3(2) of the Conch (Export Levy) A ct and subsection (1) of this section apply, the exporter shall, subject to subsection (4), pay the levy amount by way of a single payment within three 3 .. 4 [No. ] The Conch (Export Levy) (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 months of the date of submission of the application for an export health certificate and export licence. (4) Notwithstanding section 3(2) of the Conch (Export Levy) A ct and subsection (3), an exporter may, within three months of the date of submission of the application for an export health certificate and export licence, make payments, in instalments, of all outstanding amounts, if any. (5) For the purposes of section 11, an exporter shall be considered to have failed to pay the levy only if the exporter fails to pay the levy in full within three months of the date of submission of the application for an export health certificate and export licence" . Passed in the House of Representatives this 7th day ofJuly, 2015. Passed in the Senate this 24th day of July 2015 . This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the authenticated impression of the foregoing Act, and has been found by me to be a true and correct printed copy of the said Act. (f~-,)tJ.e.et~ /::::-. Loo~ ~rtlto the Houses of Parliament. MICHAEL A. PEART Speaker. FLOYD E. MORRIS President.