QueenslandSugar Industry
Act 1991SUGARINDUSTRYREGULATION1991Reprinted as in force on 11 October
1999(includes amendments up to SL No. 230 of
1999)Reprint No. 3BThis reprint is
prepared bythe Office of the Queensland Parliamentary
CounselWarning—This reprint is not an authorised
copy
Information about this reprintThisregulationisreprintedasat11October1999.Thereprintshowsthelawasamendedbyallamendmentsthatcommencedonorbeforethatday(ReprintsAct1992 s
5(c)).Thereprintincludesareferencetothelawbywhicheachamendmentwasmade—see list of legislation and list of
annotations in endnotes.Thispageisspecifictothisreprint.SeepreviousreprintsforinformationaboutearlierchangesmadeundertheReprintsAct1992.Atableofearlierreprintsisincluded in the endnotes.Also
see endnotes for information about—•when
provisions commenced•editorial changes made in earlier
reprints.
s13s3Sugar
Industry Regulation 1991SUGAR INDUSTRY REGULATION 1991[as
amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 11 October
1999]†PART 1—PRELIMINARY˙Short
title1.This regulation may be cited as
theSugar Industry Regulation 1991.˙Definition2.In this regulation—“districtcanegrowers’executive”meansadistrictcanegrowers’executive
established under thePrimary Producers’ Organisation
andMarketing Act 1926.†PART 1A—SUGAR MILLS˙Sugar mills—Act, s 3C(1)(a)2A.The sugar mills mentioned in schedule
1A are sugar mills for theAct.†PART
2—PRODUCTIVITY BOARDS˙Casual vacancies
on productivity board3.(1)For the purpose
of appointing a person to fill a vacancy occurring intheofficeofanappointedmemberofaproductivityboardduringthe
s44s5Sugar
Industry Regulation 1991currency of the appointed member’s
term, the Minister is to request—(a)iftheappointedmemberwasarepresentativeofcanegrowers—the
district cane growers’ executives elected wholly orpartlybycanegrowersoftheproductivityareaforwhichtheproductivity board was constituted;
or(b)if the appointed member was a
representative of mill owners—theownersofthemillsoftheproductivityareaforwhichtheproductivity board was constituted;
or(c)iftheappointedmemberwasarepresentativeofanorganisation—the organisation;to
provide within a time specified by the Minister the name of a
person to beappointed to fill the vacancy.(2)A nomination requested by the Minister
is to be provided within thetime specified by
the Minister.(3)IfanominationisnotprovidedtotheMinisterwithinthetimespecified, the
Minister may appoint any person to fill the vacancy.†PART 3—ASSESSMENTS†Division 1—Assessments payable to
bureau˙Amount of assessment4.Forthepurposesofsection72(1)oftheAct,theamountoftheassessment for each tonne of sugar cane
received at each sugar cane worksis $0.24, subject
to any rebate given under section 7.˙Periods subject to assessment5.The periods for which sugar cane
received at a sugar cane works issubject to the
assessment is each crushing season.
s65s8Sugar
Industry Regulation 1991˙Time for payment
of assessment6.The assessment—(a)for
the sugar cane received from the beginning of the crushingseason to 31 July in the crushing
season—must be paid before15 August in the crushing season;
and(b)for the sugar cane received from 1
August in the crushing seasonto31Octoberinthecrushingseason—mustbepaidbefore15
November in the crushing season; and(c)forthesugarcanereceivedfrom1Novemberinthecrushingseason to the
end of the crushing season—must be paid within14 days after
the end of the crushing season.˙Rebate
of assessment7.(1)In this
section—“relevant rebate period”in relation to
an assessment, means the periodbetween—(a)theendoftheperiodtowhichthelastprecedingassessmentrelates;
and(b)the end of the period to which the
assessment in question relates.(2)The
bureau must rebate any assessment by any amount, other than
aresearch grant, received during the relevant
rebate period from any otherorganisation
funded by statutory levy on the sugar industry.(3)Forthepurposesofsection72(7)oftheAct,theamountoftheassessment less any rebate is taken to
be the assessment paid.†Division
2—Assessments payable to productivity boards˙Amount
of assessment8.Forthepurposesofsection90(1)oftheAct,theamountoftheassessment for each tonne of sugar cane
received at each sugar cane workswithin the area
of each productivity board in column 1 of schedule 1 is thecorresponding amount in column
2.
s
96s 14Sugar Industry
Regulation 1991˙Periods subject to assessment9.Thefollowingperiodsinacrushingseasonaresubjecttotheassessment—(a)from
the beginning of the crushing season to 31 July;(b)from 1 August to 31 October;(c)from 1 November to the end of the
crushing season.˙Time for payment of assessment10.Theassessmentmustbepaidwithin14daysaftertheendoftheperiod to which it relates.†PART 5—EXEMPTION FROM CONTROLS
OVERAGREEMENTS˙Exemption12.A
contract or agreement for the supply of sugarcane to a
followingmill is exempt from sections 131 and 134 of
the Act—•Mossman•Tableland.†PART
6—MISCELLANEOUS˙Calculation of price payable to owners
of sugar mills—Act, s 113(5)14.For
section 113(5) of the Act—(a)the relativity
for the 1997 crushing season is 6%; and
s
157s 16ASugar Industry
Regulation 1991(b)the relativity for the 1998 crushing
season is 4%; and(c)therelativityforeachcrushingseasonafterthe1998crushingseason is 0%.˙Payments for penalty sugar15.For the purpose of section 113(8) of
the Act, the amount payable toeach owner of a
mill for sugar manufactured by the owner and included inpenalty sugar is to be $1.00 per tonne of raw
sugar equivalent.˙Attendance allowances16.The allowances payable—(a)bythecorporationtoapersonrequiredtoattendatanyplaceunder section
22(1)(b) of the Act; and(b)by the bureau to
a person required under section 65(1)(b) of theAct to attend at
a place;arethesameasthosepayableundertheMagistratesCourtsRulestoaprofessional witness who attends a
Magistrates Court to give evidence of aprofessional or
expert nature.˙Matters for which a deduction from the
base price for sugarcane maybe provided in an
award16A.(1)An award for a
mill may provide a sugar quality deduction fromthe base price
payable for all sugarcane delivered to the mill in a period
if—(a)a sugar quality discount applies to
sugar manufactured at the millfrom sugarcane
delivered to the mill in the period; and(b)the
mill owner and the growers who supplied sugarcane to themill
in the period agree—(i)to share any
sugar quality premium for sugar manufacturedfrom sugarcane
delivered to the mill in the period; or(ii)to
use the premium for a particular purpose, including, forexample, researching a sugar industry
matter.(2)In this section—
s
178s 17Sugar Industry
Regulation 1991“sugarqualitydeduction”meansadeductionforarawsugarqualitycriterion,otherthanacriterionrelatingonlytomanufacturingrawsugar.“sugar quality
discount”means a penalty affecting an amount paid to
amillownerunderafinancialincentiveschemementionedinsection 114(2)(b) of the Act.“sugar
quality premium”means a bonus paid to a mill owner under
afinancial incentive scheme mentioned in
section 114(2)(b) of the Act.˙Fees17.The fees payable
under the Act are in schedule 2.
13Sugar Industry Regulation 1991´4Table of earlier
reprintsTABLE OF EARLIER REPRINTS[If a
reprint number includes a roman letter, the reprint was released in
unauthorised,electronic form only.]Reprint
No.Amendments includedReprint
date1to SL No. 448 of 199313
December 19932to SL No. 181 of 199424
June 19942Ato SL No. 131 of 199629
July 19962Bto SL No. 439 of 199621
March 19972Cto SL No. 183 of 19971
August 19972Dto SL No. 262 of 199726
September 19973to SL No. 369 of 19982
February 19993Ato SL No. 44 of 199929
March 1999´5List of
legislationSugar Industry Regulation 1991 SL No.
25made by the Governor in Council on 11 July
1991pubd gaz 13 July 1991 pp 1586–92commenced 15 July 1991 (see s 2)exp 1
September 2001 (see SIA s 54)as amended
by—Sugar Industry Amendment Regulation 1992 SL
No. 47pubd gaz 13 March 1992 pp 1494–5commenced on date of publicationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1992 SL No. 117pubd
gaz 5 June 1992 pp 1046–50commenced on date of
publicationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1)
1993 SL No. 23notfd gaz 12 February 1993 pp 448–9commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1993 SL No. 187notfd
gaz 4 June 1993 pp 782–5commenced on date of
notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 3)
1993 SL No. 237notfd gaz 25 June 1993 pp 1094–9commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1993 SL No. 448notfd
gaz 10 December 1993 pp 1685–7commenced on date
of notification
14Sugar Industry Regulation 1991Sugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1994 SL No. 180notfd
gaz 3 June 1994 pp 810–13commenced on date of
notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2)
1994 SL No. 181notfd gaz 3 June 1994 pp 810–13commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1995 SL No. 154notfd
gaz 2 June 1995 pp 1062–4commenced on date of
notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1)
1996 SL No. 131notfd gaz 14 June 1996 pp 987–9commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1996 SL No. 439notfd
gaz 20 December 1996 pp 1588–98commenced on date
of notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1)
1997 SL No. 182notfd gaz 27 June 1997 pp 1004–1010commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1997 SL No. 183notfd
gaz 27 June 1997 pp 1004–1010commenced on date
of notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 3)
1997 SL No. 262notfd gaz 22 August 1997 pp 1910–11commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 SL No. 184notfd
gaz 12 June 1998 pp 894–5commenced on date of
notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2)
1998 SL No. 369notfd gaz 18 December 1998 pp 1551–7commenced on date of notificationSugar
Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 SL No. 44notfd
gaz 26 March 1999 pp 1450–3commenced on date of
notificationSugar Industry Amendment Regulation (No. 2)
1999 SL No. 230notfd gaz 8 October 1999 pp 559–560ss 4,
7 commenced 18 December 1998 (see s 2)remaining
provisions commenced on date of notification´6List of annotationsPART
1—PRELIMINARYpt hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 sch
15Sugar Industry Regulation 1991Definitions 2sub
1998 SL No. 369 ss 3–4PART 1A—SUGAR MILLSpt hdgins
1999 SL No. 230 s 4Sugar mills—Act, s 3C(1)(a)s
2Ains 1999 SL No. 230 s 4PART
2—PRODUCTIVITY BOARDSpt hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schCasual vacancies on productivity boards
3prev s 3 om 1998 SL No. 369 s 4pres
s 3 (prev s 8) renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16PART
3—ASSESSMENTSpt hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schDivision 1—Assessments payable to
bureaudiv hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schAmount of assessmentprov hdgamd
1998 SL No. 369 s 9(1)s 4prev s 4 om 1998
SL No. 369 s 5pres s 4 (prev s 14) ins 1992 SL No. 117 s
3amd1998 SL No. 369 s 9(2)–(3)renum
1998 SL No. 369 s 16Periods subject to assessmentprov
hdgamd 1998 SL No. 369 s 10(1)s
5prev s 5 om 1998 SL No. 369 s 5pres
s 5 (prev s 15) ins 1992 SL No. 117 s 3amd 1993 SL No.
237 s 3; 1994 SL No. 180 s 3; 1995 SL No. 154 s 3;1996
SL No. 131 s 3sub 1997 SL No. 183 s 3renum 1998 SL No.
369 s 16Time for payment of assessmentprov
hdgamd 1998 SL No. 369 s 10(1)s
6prev s 6 amd 1996 SL No. 439 s 3om
1998 SL No. 369 s 5pres s 6 (prev s 16) ins 1992 SL No. 117 s
3amd 1993 SL No. 237 s 4; 1994 SL No. 180 s
4; 1995 SL No. 154 s 3;1996 SL No. 131 s 4; 1997 SL No. 183 s
4renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Rebate
of assessmentprov hdgamd 1998 SL No.
369 s 10(1)s 7prev s 7 om 1998 SL No. 369 s 5pres
s 7 (prev s 17) ins 1992 SL No. 117 s 3amd 1998 SL No.
369 s 10(2)–(3)renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16
16Sugar Industry Regulation 1991Division 2—Assessments payable to
productivity boardsdiv hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schAmount of assessmentprov hdgamd
1998 SL No. 369 s 11(1)s 8prev s 8 renum as
s 3 1998 SL No. 369 s 16pres s 8 (prev s 18) ins 1992 SL No.
117 s 3amd 1998 SL No. 369 s 11(2)–(3)renum
1998 SL No. 369 s 16Periods subject to assessmentprov
hdgamd 1998 SL No. 369 s 11(1)s
9prev s 9 renum and reloc as s 24 1998 SL No.
369 s 6(2)pres s 9 (prev s 19) ins 1992 SL No. 117 s
3renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Time
for payment of assessmentprov hdgamd 1998 SL No.
369 s 11(1)s 10prev s 10 amd 1992 SL No. 47 s 3; 1993
SL No. 23 s 3; 1993 SL No. 448s3om
1998 SL No. 369 s 7pres s 10 (prev s 20) ins 1992 SL No. 117 s
3renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16PART
4—NEW MILLSpt hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schom 1999 SL No. 230 s 5Establishment of
Tableland Millprov hdgamd 1998 SL No.
369 s 12s 11prev s 11 amd 1992 SL No. 47 s
4om 1998 SL No. 369 s 7pres s 11 (prev s
21) ins 1996 SL No. 439 s 4renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16om
1999 SL No. 230 s 5PART 5—EXEMPTION FROM CONTROLS OVER
AGREEMENTSpt hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schExemptionprov hdgamd
1998 SL No. 369 s 13s 12prev s 12 om 1998 SL No. 369 s
7pres s 12 (prev s 22) ins 1996 SL No. 439 s
4renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16sub
1999 SL No. 230 s 6Mossman Central Millprov hdgamd
1998 SL No. 369 s 13s 13prev s 13 renum and reloc as s 25 1998
SL No. 369 s 8(3)pres s 13 (prev s 22A) ins 1997 SL No. 262 s
3renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16om
1999 SL No. 230 s 6
17Sugar Industry Regulation 1991PART
6—MISCELLANEOUSpt hdgins 1998 SL No.
369 s 17 schCalculation of price payable to owners of
sugar mills—Act, s 113(5)s 14prev s 14 renum
as s 4 1998 SL No. 369 s 16pres s 14 (prev s 23) ins 1997 SL No.
182 s 3amd 1998 SL No. 369 s 14renum 1998 SL No.
369 s 16Payments for penalty sugars
15prev s 15 renum as s 5 1998 SL No. 369 s
16pres s 15 (prev s 24) amd 1998 SL No. 369 s
6(1)renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Attendance allowancess 16prev
s 16 renum as s 6 1998 SL No. 369 s 16pres s 16 (prev s
25) amd 1998 SL No. 369 s 8(1)–(2)renum 1998 SL No.
369 s 16Mattersforwhichadeductionfromthebasepriceforsugarcanemaybeprovided in an awards
16Ains 1999 SL No. 44 s 3Feess
17prev s 17 renum as s 7 1998 SL No. 369 s
16pres s 17 (prev s 26) ins 1998 SL No. 369 s
15renum 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Amount
of assessment—Productivity Boardss 18renum
as s 8 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Periods subject to
assessment—Productivity Boardss 19renum
as s 9 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Time for payment of
assessment—Productivity Boardss 20renum
as s 10 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Establishment of
new mill—Tableland Mills 21renum as s 11
1998 SL No. 369 s 16Exemption from controls over
agreements—Tableland Mills 22renum as s 12
1998 SL No. 369 s 16Exemption from controls over
agreements—Mossman Central Mills 22Arenum
as s 13 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Calculation of
price payable to owners of sugar mills—Act, s 113(5)s
23renum as s 14 1998 SL No. 369 s 16Payments for penalty sugars
24(prev s 9) renum as s 15 1998 SL No. 369 s
16Attendance allowancess 25(prev
s 13) renum as s 16 1998 SL No. 369 s 16