Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 2024

In this Act:

algae means macroalgae, microalgae or cyanobacteria, and includes seaweeds.

algal product means:

animal means any member, alive or dead, of the animal kingdom (other than a human being).

animal product means:

aquaculture means propagating, rearing, keeping or breeding aquatic vertebrates or aquatic invertebrates.

fishing means the catching, capturing or harvesting of aquatic vertebrates or aquatic invertebrates.

forest operations means the growing, harvesting or processing of wood.

fungus means any member, alive or dead, of the fungi kingdom, and includes yeasts, mushrooms and truffles.

fungus product means:

levy means a levy imposed by regulations made for the purposes of Part 2, 3 or 4.

nominated industry representative body means a body determined to be a nominated industry representative body by an instrument in force under subsection 23(1).

nominated polling body means a body determined to be a nominated polling body by an instrument in force under subsection 23(6).

nursery products includes trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, corms, tubers, propagating material and plant tissue cultures, grown for ornamental purposes or for producing fruits, vegetables, nuts or cut flowers and foliage.

plant means any member, alive or dead, of the plant kingdom.

plant product means:

produce of a primary industry means products that result from any of the following:

product means an animal product, a plant product, a fungus product or an algal product (whether or not any operations have been performed in relation to the product).

property of any kind belonging to a State: see subsection 21(2).

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.