1Name#
This instrument is the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026.
2Commencement#
(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | 1 October 2026. | 1 October 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
4Schedules#
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1 · Amendments
Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Regulations 2024#
1 Clause 42-3 of Schedule 2 (table item 1, column headed “Rate of charge”, paragraph (a))
Omit “$50”, substitute “$25”.
2 Clause 42-3 of Schedule 2 (table item 1, column headed “Rate of charge”, paragraph (b))
Omit “$45”, substitute “$110”.
3 Clause 42-3 of Schedule 2 (table item 1, column headed “Rate of charge”, paragraph (d))
Omit “$10”, substitute “$0”.
4 Clause 42-5 of Schedule 2 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
42-5Application provisions#
Original provisions
5 Clause 42-5 of Schedule 2
Before “Clause 42-1”, insert “(1)”.
6 At the end of clause 42-5 of Schedule 2
Add:
Amendments made by Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026
(2)Clause 42-3, as amended by Schedule 1 to the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026, applies in relation to chestnuts that are exported on or after 1 October 2026, whether the chestnuts are harvested before, on or after that day.
7 Subclause 55-3(1) of Schedule 2 (table item 2, column headed “Rate of charge”, paragraph (a))
Omit “20 cents”, substitute “15 cents”.
8 Subclause 55-3(1) of Schedule 2 (at the end of the cell at table item 2, column headed “Rate of charge”)
Add:
; (c) 2 cents per carton (the biosecurity activity component);
(d) 3 cents per carton (the biosecurity response component)
9 Subclause 55-3(1) of Schedule 2 (table item 3, column headed “Rate of charge”, paragraph (a))
Omit “20 cents”, substitute “15 cents”.
10 Subclause 55-3(1) of Schedule 2 (at the end of the cell at table item 3, column headed “Rate of charge”)
Add:
; (c) 2 cents per 8 kilograms of the passionfruit (the biosecurity activity component);
(d) 3 cents per 8 kilograms of the passionfruit (the biosecurity response component)
11 Clause 55-5 of Schedule 2 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
55-5Application provisions#
Original provisions
12 Clause 55-5 of Schedule 2
Before “Clause 55-1”, insert “(1)”.
13 At the end of clause 55-5 of Schedule 2
Add:
Amendments made by Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026
(2)Subclause 55-3(1), as amended by Schedule 1 to the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026, applies in relation to passionfruit that is exported on or after 1 October 2026, whether the passionfruit is harvested before, on or after that day.
14 Clause 61-3 of Schedule 2 (table item 1, column headed “Rate of charge”, paragraph (d))
Omit “0 cents”, substitute “0.1 cents”.
15 Clause 61-5 of Schedule 2 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
61-5Application provisions#
Original provisions
16 Clause 61-5 of Schedule 2
Before “Clause 61-1”, insert “(1)”.
17 At the end of clause 61-5 of Schedule 2
Add:
Amendments made by Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026
(2)Clause 61-3, as amended by Schedule 1 to the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Chestnuts, Passionfruit and Stone Fruit) Regulations 2026, applies in relation to stone fruit that is exported on or after 1 October 2026, whether the stone fruit is harvested before, on or after that day.
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