Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Act 1984 (Cth)

Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Act 1984

No. 60 of 1984

  

An Act to amend the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964

[Assented to 25 June 1984]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Act 1984.

(2) The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 19641is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. (1) The provisions of this Act, other than sub-section 4 (2), shall come into operation on the day fixed by Proclamation for the purpose of sub-section 2 (2) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Amendment Act 1984.

(2) Sub-section 4 (2) shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation, being a day after the day referred to in sub-section (1).

Interpretation

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of “Meat Exporter and Abattoir Consultative Group” and “Producer Consultative Group”.

 

Regulations

4. (1) Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:—

“(2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in sub-section (3) shall be exercised only on advice of the Executive Council, being advice that has taken into consideration any recommendations with respect to the amount furnished to the Minister by the Corporation.

“(2a) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in sub-section (4) shall be exercised only on advice of the Executive Council, being advice that has taken into consideration any recommendations with respect to the amount furnished to the Minister by the Australian Meat Research Committee.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) “the Producer Consultative Group, the Meat Exporter and Abattoir Consultative Group” and substituting “the Cattle Council of Australia, the Sheepmeat Council of Australia, the Australian Meat Exporters’ Federal Council, the Australian Meatworks’ Federal Council, the Council of Australian Public Abattoir Authorities, the Meat and Allied Trades Federation of Australia”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (4) “the Corporation shall consult the Producer Consultative Group, the Meat Exporter and Abattoir Consultative Group, the Australian Meat Research Committee” and substituting “the Australian Meat Research Committee shall consult the Cattle Council of Australia, the Sheepmeat Council of Australia, the Australian Meat Exporters’ Federal Council, the Australian Meatworks’ Federal Council, the Council of Australian Public Abattoir Authorities, the Meat and Allied Trades Federation of Australia”.

(2) Section 8 of the Principal Act is further amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2) “any” and substituting “the”; and

(b) by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-sections:

“(3) The Corporation shall not make a recommendation to the Minister in relation to regulations to be made for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (a), 6a (1) (a), 6b (1) (a), 6c (1) (a). 6d (1) (a), 6e (1) (a) or 6f (1) (a)—

(a) if a motion that the terms of the recommendation be endorsed has not been put before the annual general meeting of the industry convened under section 30b of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 that most immediately precedes the making of that recommendation: or

 

(b) in a case where such a motion is so put—if, by virtue of the application of sub-section 30g (5) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977, the motion is defeated.

“(3a) The Corporation shall, at the time of making a recommendation of the kind referred to in sub-section (3) to the Minister, give the Minister particulars in writing of the voting in respect of the motion that the terms of the recommendation be endorsed.”.

  

NOTE

1. No. 8, 1964, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 76, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 140, 1968; No. 87, 1971; No. 216, 1973; No. 111, 1974; No. 42, 1976; No. 70, 1977; No. 179, 1978; No. 73, 1979; and No. 82, 1982.