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Primary Industries Excise Levies Act 2024

Purpose:

This Act provides the legislative authority for regulations to impose primary industries levies, which are duties of excise, and for related purposes.

Objectives:

Key Provisions:

Evidence of Compliance Requirements For Agricultural Organisations:

The Act primarily establishes the framework for future regulations to define specific compliance requirements. Therefore, detailed actionable compliance requirements, including specific documentation, time frames, measurement standards, reporting, record-keeping, inspection, or audit requirements for agricultural organisations, are not specified directly within this document but are delegated to be prescribed by regulations. However, the Act outlines the following:

Metadata Keywords:

Primary Industries, Excise Levies, Agriculture, Horticulture, Biosecurity, Research and Development, Marketing, Australian Legislation, Regulations, Taxation

Publication Information:

Publication date: 10/07/2024 Version number: C2024A00056

Agricultural Industry Alignment:

Beef & Veal, Chicken, Coarse Grains, Cotton, Dairy, Eggs, Fisheries, Forestry, Horticulture, Oilseeds, Pig, Sheep Meat, Sugar, Wheat, Wine, Wool. (This legislation broadly applies to ‘primary industry’ products, which by definition include “agriculture or the cultivation of land”, “maintenance of animals for commercial purposes”, “soilless growing systems”, “controlled environment cropping”, “forest operations”, “fishing”, “aquaculture”, “hunting or trapping”, “picking or harvesting from the wild”, “horticulture”, “viticulture”, and “cultivation of fungi or algae.” Therefore, it has the potential to align with all the specified industries depending on the specific products or goods defined in the regulations.)

Date Added to database:

This document was parsed and added to the database on 25-07-2025

URL:

https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00056/asmade/2024-07-09/text/original/pdf →