Levy payer registers

For some products, we maintain a database of the details of individuals and organisations who pay levies and charges. We call this a levy payer register (LPR).

We establish each levy payer register on request by the relevant research and development corporations (RDCs). The aim is to enable RDCs, as key levy recipient bodies, to identify and consult directly with the levy and charge payers who fund their activities.

Access a register

If your details are included in a current register, you can access the database via:

Levy payer portal

For levy and charge payers

Levy recipient portal

For RDCs

Current registers

RDCs with established levy payer registers are:

  • AgriFutures Australia
  • Australian Wool Innovation
  • Grains Research and Development Corporation
  • Meat and Livestock Australia
  • Sugar Australia
  • Wine Australia.

Establish a new register

To establish a new register, the relevant RDC will need to:

  • notify the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry that they intend to establish a levy payer register
  • consult across their industry
  • work with us to develop returns that collect the levy and charge payer information.

Type of information we collect

We collect levy or charge payer information as part of the levy and charge return process.

This information is usually submitted to us by the collection agent. They are the person who, in the course of their business, purchases, processes or exports a product and must give a return on behalf of the levy or charge payer.

Levy or charge payer details provided to us via a return may include:

  • full name
  • contact details, such as:
    • phone number
    • email address (if available)
    • address including the suburb, state and post code
  • ABN or ACN (if any)
  • amount of levy or charge paid (or liable to pay)
  • other details relating to the payment of levy.

Recipients of LPR information

The Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024 (the Collection Act) defines who can receive and use levy payer information. The Privacy Act 1988 also governs the use and disclosure of personal information.

Entrusted persons can use and disclose levy payer information in accordance with the requirements in the Collection Act. An ‘entrusted person’ means any of the following:

  • the Minister
  • the Secretary
  • an Australian Public Service employee in the department (includes staff members performing functions of Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences)
  • any other person employed by the Commonwealth to provide services to the Commonwealth in connection with the department
  • any other person employed by a body corporate that is established by a law of the Commonwealth.

An entrusted person can disclose levy payer information to:

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • the RDC that established the levy payer register.

Use of LPR information by RDCs

RDCs may only use levy payer register information for specified purposes. They will need approval from the Secretary to disclose levy payer information to a third party.

See more on use and disclosure of levy payer information.

Protection of LPR information

Entrusted persons and recipient bodies who have access to levy payer information are responsible for protecting and maintaining the information held in a levy payer register.

This is done through existing and established system controls and security protocols.

Laws

Levy payer information is collected, used and disclosed under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024.

Stay updated

Check latest updates on levy payer registers in our levy notices.