Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations (Cth)

Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations

Statutory Rules 1993 No. 375 as amended

made under the

Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993

This compilation was prepared on 25 January 2001

taking into account amendments up to SR 1996 No. 16

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,

Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

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    1Citation [see Note 1]

 These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations.

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 January 1994.

3Interpretation

• (1)

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

  Act means the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993.

  inspection hour, in relation to a killing or processing plant, means an hour spent by an authorised officer within the meaning of the Meat Inspection Act 1983 in providing inspection services to the plant.

  slaughterhouse means an abattoir that is registered, licensed or approved as a slaughterhouse under a law of the State or Territory in which it is located.

4Accredited killing or processing plant – Australian Capital Territory

 For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of accredited killing or processing plant in section 3 of the Act, a plant specified in Schedule 1 is an accredited killing or processing plant.

5Charge for a financial year

 For the purposes of subsection 7 (1) of the Act, in relation to a financial year, the amount of the charge for an accredited killing or processing plant specified in an item in column 2 of Schedule 2 is the amount specified for the item in column 3 of the Schedule.

7Calculation of inspection hours

• (1)

  If inspection services are allocated or provided to a killing or processing plant under Part 1A or order 6U.1 of the Meat Inspection (General) Orders, then for the purposes of calculating the number of inspection hours in relation to the plant for the purposes of an item in Schedule 2 or 3, the number of inspection hours for those services is taken to be the number worked out in accordance with subregulation (2).

• (2)

  The number of inspection hours is:

  • (a)

    if the inspection services are provided on a daily basis — 8 inspection hours for each day or part of a day on which the services are allocated or provided; or

  • (b)

    if the inspection services are provided on a weekly basis — 40 inspection hours for each week or part of a week in which the services are allocated or provided; or

  • (c)

    if the inspection services are provided on a monthly basis — 167 inspection hours for each month or part of a month in which the services are allocated or provided; or

  • (d)

    if the inspection services are provided on an annual basis — 2,000 inspection hours for each year or part of a year in which the services are allocated or provided.

Schedule 1

(regulation 4)

  

PD Mulligan Pty Ltd trading as ‘Canberra Abattoir’

Canberra Avenue, Oaks Estate ACT

Super Meats Pty Ltd trading as ‘Super Meats Fyshwick’

83-85 Gladstone Street, Fyshwick ACT

Schedule 2

(regulation 5)

  

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Kind of killing or processing plant	Column 3 Amount of charge
1	Knackery	$310
2	Animal food processing plant	$310
3	Meat processing plant	$1,240
4	Slaughterhouse	$1,325
5	Abattoir (except an abattoir to which item 6 applies) that receives inspection services in the financial year:
(a) if the number of inspection hours received in the previous financial year is 1,000 or fewer	$1,325
(b) if the number of inspection hours received in the previous financial year is more than 1,000 and not more than 5,000	$6,190
(c) if the number of inspection hours received in the previous financial year is more than 5,000	$22,284
6	Abattoir having a Quality Assurance Agreement approved under Part 7 of the Meat Inspection (General) Orders for all operations at the abattoir:
(a) if the number of inspection hours received in the previous financial year is 5,000 or fewer	$1,325
(b) if the number of inspection hours received in the previous financial year is more than 5,000	$6,190

Schedule 3

(regulation 6)

  

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Kind of killing or processing plant	Column 3 Amount of charge
1	Knackery	$155
2	Animal food processing plant	$155
3	Meat processing plant	$620
4	Slaughterhouse	$663
5	Abattoir that receives inspection services in the financial year, if the number of inspection hours in the previous financial year is 1,000 or fewer	$663
6	Abattoir that receives inspection services in the financial year, if the number of inspection hours in the previous financial year is more than 1,000 and not greater than 5,000	$3,095
6A	Abattoir that receives inspection services in the financial year, if the number of inspection hours in the previous financial year is greater than 5,000	$11,142
7	Abattoir with a Quality Assurance Agreement approved under Part 7 of the Meat Inspection (General) Orders for all operations at the abattoir	$3,095

Notes to the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations

Note 1

The Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations (in force under the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1993 No. 375 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1993 No. 375	24 Dec 1993	1 Jan 1994
1994 No. 66	22 Mar 1994	Rr. 3 and 4: 1 Jan 1994 Remainder: 22 Mar 1994	—
1996 No. 16	31 Jan 1996	1 Feb 1996	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted  am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
R. 5..........................................	am. 1996 No. 16
R. 6..........................................	rep. 1996 No. 16
Schedule 2.............................	am. 1994 No. 66
rs. 1996 No. 16
Schedule 3.............................	am. 1994 No. 66