LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS
- Reprinted as at 31 August 1981 (HISTREG CHAP 162 #DATE 31:08:1981)
*1* The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Regulations (in force under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1964 No. 92 as amended by the other Statutory Rules specified in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, Date of saving or Year and notification Date of transitional number in Gazette commencement provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1964 No. 92 20 July 1964 1 Aug 1964 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1964, p. 2923) 1978 No. 144 27 July 1978 27 July 1978 - 1979 No. 97 29 June 1979 1 July 1979 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Manner of payment of levy, &c.
5. Returns
6. Authorized agent
7. Proper records to be kept
8. Statement to be furnished at request of proprietor
SCHEDULE 1
State and Territorial Offices
SCHEDULE 2
Forms
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LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy
Collection Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the date on which the Act
comes into operation.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 3.
Interpretation
3. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
''authorized agent'' means a person appointed, or to be deemed to have been
appointed, as an authorized agent in pursuance of regulation 6 of these
Regulations;
''Territory'' means Territory of the Commonwealth;
''the Act'' means the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964.
Amended by 1978 No. 144 r. 1
(2) In these Regulations-
(a) a reference to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the
Schedule so numbered to these Regulations; and
(b) a reference to a Form by number shall be read as a reference to the
Form so numbered in Schedule 2.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 4.
Manner of payment of levy, &c.
Amended by 1978 No. 144 r. 2
4. The payment of levy and other amounts payable to the Commonwealth under
the Act with respect to live-stock slaughtered at an abattoir in a State or
Territory shall be made to the Collector of Public Moneys, Department of
Primary Industry at the place the name of which is specified in column 2 of
the table in Schedule 1 opposite to the name of the State or Territory in
column 1 of that table.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 5.
Returns
Substituted by 1978 No. 144 r. 3
5. (1) The proprietor of an abattoir shall, on or before the twenty-eighth
day in each month, furnish to the Secretary the prescribed information with
respect to the live-stock slaughtered at that abattoir in the preceding month.
(2) Where in a month no live-stock is slaughtered at an abattoir, the
proprietor of the abattoir shall, on or before the twenty-eighth day in the
next succeeding month, inform the Secretary, in accordance with sub-regulation
(5) or (7), of the fact.
Amended by 1979 No. 97 r. 2
(3) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the prescribed information is-
(a) the full name and address of the abattoir;
(b) the month of the year in respect of which the information is
furnished;
(c) the number of carcases of cattle slaughtered;
(d) the number of carcases of sheep slaughtered;
(e) the number of carcases of lambs slaughtered;
(f) the number of carcases of goats slaughtered;
(fa) the number of carcases of calves slaughtered;
(fb) the number of carcases of bobby calves slaughtered;
(fc) the number of carcases of buffaloes slaughtered;
(g) the amount of levy payable in respect of the live-stock specified
in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), (fa), (fb) and (fc);
(h) such other particulars relating to the live-stock slaughtered at
the abattoir as the Secretary may from time to time require.
Amended by 1979 No. 97 r. 2
(4) In sub-regulation (3), a reference to a carcase does not include a
reference to a carcase-
(a) that is, in pursuance of a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or
Territory, condemned or rejected by an inspector as being unfit for human
consumption; or
(b) that is a carcase of live-stock that has been slaughtered for
consumption by the owner of the carcase, by members of his family or by his
employees.
(5) The information furnished in pursuance of sub-regulation (1) or (2)
shall be accompanied by a declaration signed by a prescribed person that the
information is true in every material particular.
(6) In sub-regulation (5), ''prescribed person'' means-
(a) the proprietor of the abattoir;
(b) his authorized agent;
(c) the manager of the abattoir; or
(d) where the proprietor of the abattoir is a company-a director or the
secretary of the company.
(7) The information required to be furnished by sub-regulation (1) or (2) in
relation to an abattoir in a State or Territory may be lodged with the
Collector of Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry at the place the
name of which is specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 opposite to
the name of the State or Territory in column 1 of that table.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 6.
Authorized agent
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1978 No. 144 r. 4
6. (1) The proprietor of an abattoir may appoint a person to be his
authorized agent for the purpose of these Regulations.
Amended by 1978 No. 144 r. 4
(2) The appointment of an authorized agent by the proprietor of an abattoir
in a State or Territory-
(a) shall be in accordance with Form 2; and
(b) shall be lodged with the Collector of Public Moneys, Department of
Primary Industry at the place the name of which is specified in column 2 of
the table in Schedule 1 opposite to the name of the State or Territory in
column 1 of that table.
(3) A person who, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations,
held an appointment as an authorized agent in force under the Cattle Slaughter
Levy Collection Regulations shall be deemed to have been appointed in
pursuance of this regulation.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 7.
Proper records to be kept
Substituted by 1978 No. 144 r. 5; amended by 1979 No. 97 r. 3
7. The proprietor of an abattoir, or a person who causes live-stock to be
slaughtered at an abattoir of which another person is the proprietor, shall
keep or cause to be kept proper records showing, with respect to the carcases
of live-stock slaughtered at the abattoir in each month-
(a) the number of cattle carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
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(c) the number of sheep carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
(d) the number of lamb carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
(e) the number of goat carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
(ea) the number of calf carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
(eb) the number of bobby calf carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
(ec) the number of buffalo carcases (not being carcases referred to in
paragraph (f) or (g));
(f) the number of carcases of live-stock that were, in pursuance of a law
of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, condemned or rejected by an
inspector as being unfit for human consumption; and
(g) the number of carcases of live-stock slaughtered for consumption by the
owner of that live-stock, by members of his family or by his employees.
Penalty: $200.
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SECT. 8.
Statement to be furnished at request of proprietor
Amended by 1978 No. 144 r. 6
8. A person who, during a month, causes live-stock to be slaughtered at an
abattoir of which another person is the proprietor shall, when requested in
writing by the proprietor, furnish to the proprietor a statement setting out
the information required to be recorded by the person under regulation 7 with
respect to the carcases of the live-stock so slaughtered.
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LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 1
Schedule 1 heading substituted by 1978 No. 144 r. 7
SCH
THE SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 4, 5 and
6
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-- Name of State or Territory Name of Place
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-- New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney
Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbourne
Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brisbane
South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adelaide
Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perth
Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hobart
Australian Capital Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canberra
Northern Territory of Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . Canberra
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Heading substituted by 1978 No. 144 r. 8
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 2
Form 1 omitted by 1978 No. 144 r. 8
SCH
SCHEDULE 2
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Amended by 1978 No. 144 r. 8
SCH
FORM 2
Regulation
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964
(a) Insert full name and address of proprietor.
(b) Insert full name, address and occupation of authorized agent.
(c) Signature of proprietor.
(d) Signature, address and occupation of witness.
(e) Signature of agent.
APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED AGENT
To the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry.
I, (a) , hereby appoint (b) a specimen of whose signature
appears on this appointment, to be my authorized agent for the purpose of
executing, from time to time, on my behalf the declaration required by
sub-regulation 5 (5) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Regulations.
Dated at , this day of , 19 .
(c)
(d)
(e)
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