Australian Wool Corporation Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 2151

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Australian Wool Corporation Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting:

(a) with the advice of the Federal Executive Council; and

(b) under section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and

(c) after taking into consideration the recommendation with respect to the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of subsection 26(1) of the Australian Wool Corporation Act 1991 made to the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy by the members of the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultative Council (being the Council established under the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989) nominated by the National Farmers' Federation;

make the following Regulations under the Australian Wool Corporation Act 1991.

Dated 27 June 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

SIMON CREAN

Minister of State for Primary Industries

and Energy

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Citation

1.These Regulations may be cited as the Australian Wool Corporation Regulations.

Commencement

2.These Regulations commence on 1 July 1991.

Interpretation

3.In these Regulations:

"the Act" means the Australian Wool Corporation Act 1991.

Amount to be paid to the Corporation

4. For the purposes of subsection 21 (3) of the Act, the amount that is payable to the Corporation is an amount equal to 2.5% of the sale value of:

(a) the shorn wool (other than carpet wool); or

(b) the carpet wool;

(as the case requires) to which that subsection refers.

Payments to Commonwealth in relation to exotic animal disease control

5. For the purposes of subsection 26 (1) of the Act, the amount of $329,625 is the amount that the Corporation must, on 1 July in each financial year ending before 1 July 1995, pay to the Commonwealth as a contribution by the Corporation in respect of the expenditure incurred by the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989.

Membership of Corporation

6. For the purposes of subsection 49 (6) of the Act, a person may not be appointed as a member of the Corporation if he or she is a member of any of the following organisations (being organisations each of which represents a sector of the wool industry):

(a) the Wool Council of Australia;

(b) the Australian Council of Wool Exporters;

(c) the Federal Council of Private Treaty Wool Merchants;

(d) the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia;

(e) the Australian Wool Processors Council.

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette