Primary Industry Funding Schemes (Apiary Industry Fund) Regulations 2016 (SA)

South Australia Primary Industry Funding Schemes (Apiary Industry Fund) Regulations 2016 under the Primary Industry Funding Schemes Act 1998

Contents 1 Short title 3 Interpretation 4 South Australian Apiary Industry Fund 5 Contributions to Fund 6 Application of Fund 7 Exclusion from benefits of person in default in relation to contributions Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Primary Industry Funding Schemes (Apiary Industry Fund) Regulations 2016. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Primary Industry Funding Schemes Act 1998; Fund—see regulation 4; registration period means a period for which a person is registered as a beekeeper under the Livestock Act 1997; revoked regulations means the Primary Industry Funding Schemes (Apiary Industry Fund) Regulations 2001. 4—South Australian Apiary Industry Fund (1) The South Australian Apiary Industry Fund (the Fund) established under the revoked regulations continues in existence. (2) The Fund will continue to be administered by the Minister. (3) The Fund consists of— (a) the amount in the Beekeeper's Compensation Fund on the repeal of the Apiaries Act 1931 paid into the Fund under the Livestock Regulations 1998; and (b) contributions paid or collected in accordance with the revoked regulations; and (c) contributions paid or collected in accordance with these regulations; and (d) income of the Fund from investment; and (e) any other sums received by the Minister for payment into the Fund. 5—Contributions to Fund (1) Subject to this regulation, a person must, for each registration period (or part of a registration period) for which the person makes an application for registration or renewal of registration as a beekeeper, pay to the Minister as a contribution to the Fund an amount calculated at $1 for each hive kept by the person at the date of the application. (2) The contribution must be paid at the time the application for registration or renewal of registration as a beekeeper is made. (3) A person may, by notice in writing to the Minister, within the 12 months following a registration period in respect of which the person has paid contributions, make a claim for a refund in respect of those contributions. (4) If the person satisfies the Minister that the person is entitled to a refund, the Minister must pay to the person an amount determined in accordance with the following formula: