CATTLE AND BEEF RESEARCH.
No. 12 of 1964.
An
Act to amend the Cattle and Beef Research
Act 1960-1961.
[Assented to 6th May, 1964.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Cattle and Beef Research Act 1964.
(2.) The Cattle
and Beef Research Act 1960–1961 is in this Act referred to as the Principal
Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Cattle and Beef Research
Act 1960–1964.
Commencement.
2. This Act
shall come into operation on the date fixed by Proclamation under section two
of the Meat Industry Act 1964.
Definitions.
3. Section
three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “the Board”
and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“‘the Board’ means the Australian Meat Board
continued in existence by the Meat
Industry Act 1964;”.
Moneys
to be paid into the Research Account.
4.—(1.) Section five of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) and inserting in
its stead the following paragraph:—
“(a)such portion of each of the amounts of
levy received by the Commonwealth under the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964 (including each amount received from the
proprietor of an abattoir in accordance with section seven of that Act and each
amount payable by way of penalty in accordance with section nine of that Act)
referable to the slaughter of cattle as is prescribed;”; and
(b)by adding at the end thereof the
following sub-section:—
“(5.) In this section, ‘cattle’ has the same
meaning as in the Live-stock Slaughter
Levy Act 1964.”.
(2.) Notwithstanding the amendment made by
paragraph (a) of the last preceding
sub-section, the provisions of paragraph (a)
of sub-section (1.) of section five of the Principal Act continue to apply in
relation to the payment into the Cattle and Beef Research Trust Account of
amounts referred to in the last-mentioned paragraph received by the
Commonwealth under the Cattle Slaughter
Levy Collection Act 1960–1961 and under the last-mentioned Act in its
application in pursuance of sub-section (2.) of section three of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964.
Australian
Cattle and Beef Research Committee.
5. Section
eight of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (2.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(a)to make recommendations to the Board
with respect to the rate of levy to be prescribed from time to time under
sub-section (1.) of section six of the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Act 1964; and”.
Administrative
and clerical assistance.
6. Section
sixteen of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3.) the
words “section nineteen a of the Meat Export Control Act 1935–1955” and
inserting in their stead the words “section thirty-three of the Meat Industry Act 1964”.
Annual
Report.
7.