LIVE-STOCK
SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 1974
No.
111 of 1974
An Act to amend the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964-1973.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the
Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be
cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1974.
(2) The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964-1973
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act, as amended
by this Act, may be cited as the Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Act 1964-1974.
Commencement.
2. (1) Subject to
sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 3 shall come into
operation on the first day of the month next succeeding the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
Imposition
of levy.
3. Section
5 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (2)
the words “the Commonwealth” and substituting the word “Australia”;
(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph
(b) of that sub-section the words “two hundred pounds” and substituting the
words “90 kilograms”; and
(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph
(b) of that sub-section the words “two hundred and twenty pounds” and
substituting the words “100 kilograms”.
Rate
of levy on slaughter of cattle.
4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) the words “the first day of January, One
thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, and on or before the thirty-first day of
December, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four” and substituting the
words “ 1 January 1969 and on or before 30 June 1977 ”.
Rate
of levy on slaughter of sheep.
5. Section 6a of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) the
words “the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, and
on or before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and
seventy-four” and substituting the words “1 January 1969 and on or before 30 June
1977”
Rate
of levy on slaughter of lambs.
6.