Live-stock Export Charge Collection Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 146

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE COLLECTION ACT 1977*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Livestock Export Charge Collection Act 1977.

Dated this twenty-first day of July 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry

 

LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE COLLECTION REGULATIONS

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Live-stock Export Charge Collection Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“ authorized agent ” means a person appointed as an authorized agent under regulation 6;

“ Secretary ” means the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry;

“ the Act ” means the Live-stock Export Charge Collection Act 1977.

Manner of payment of charge, &c.

3. Payment of charge or other amounts payable to the Commonwealth under the Act shall be made to the Collector of Public Moneys at the office of the Department of Primary Industry in Canberra.

Returns

4. (1) Where in a month live-stock are exported, the exporter of the live-stock shall, on or before the twenty-eighth day in the next succeeding month, furnish to the Secretary the prescribed information.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 July 1978.

(2) For the purpose of sub-regulation (1), the prescribed information is:

(a) the full name and address of the exporter;

(b) the month of the year in respect of which the information is furnished;

(c) the number of each kind of live-stock exported in that month; and

(d) the amount of charge payable in respect of each kind of live-stock exported in that month.

(3) The prescribed information furnished in accordance with this regulation shall be accompanied by a declaration signed by a prescribed person that the information is true in every material particular.

(4) In sub-regulation (3), “ prescribed person ” means—

(a) the exporter;

(b) his authorized agent; or

(c) where the exporter is a company—a director or the secretary of the company.

Records to be kept

5. A person who exports live-stock shall cause to be kept proper records showing the number and kind of live-stock exported in each month.

Penalty: $200.

Authorized agents

6.(1) An exporter may appoint a person to be his authorized agent for the purpose of these Regulations.

(2) The appointment of an authorized agent—

(a) shall be in accordance with the form in the Schedule; and

(b) shall be furnished to the Secretary by being lodged at the office of the Department of Primary Industry in Canberra.

 

SCHEDULE Regulation 6

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Live-stock Export Charge Collection Regulations

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED AGENT

To the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry.

I [full name and address of exporter]hereby appoint [full name, address and occupation of agent], a specimen of whose signature appears on this appointment, to be my authorized agent for the purpose of signing on my behalf the declaration required to be made under regulation 4 of the Live-stock Export Charge Collection Regulations.

Dated at this day of 19 .

[Signature]

[Signature of Agent