Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 2024

The regulations may impose a charge in relation to one or more specified goods:

that are of a kind consumed by, or used in the maintenance or treatment of, animals, plants, fungi or algae; and

in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

Goods may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class, or in any other way.

Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister must be satisfied that the imposition of the charge will result in either or both of the following:

expenditure on activities, including biosecurity activities, relating to the promotion or maintenance of the health of plants, animals, fungi or algae;

expenditure on matters relating to a biosecurity response.

This section authorises the imposition of a charge only so far as the charge is a duty of customs within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.