Live-Stock Slaughter Levy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 99

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 19641

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Livestock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 that, before making regulations under that section prescribing an amount for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in sub-section (3) or (4) of that section, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendations with respect to the amount made to the Minister by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation established by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (3) of section 8 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964, among other things, that, before making any recommendations in relation to regulations to be made for the purposes of paragraph 6c (1) (a), 6e (1) (a) or 6f (1) (a) of that Act, the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation shall consult the Live-stock Producers Consultative Group and the Meat and Live-stock Exporters and Abattoir Operators Consultative Group, both established by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977, and such other organizations (if any) as are prescribed for the purposes of that sub-section:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (4) of section 8 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964, among other things, that, before making any recommendations in relation to regulations to be made for the purposes of paragraph 6c (1) (b), 6c (1) (c), 6e (1) (b), 6e (1) (c), 6f (1) (b) or 6f (1) (c) of that Act, the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation shall consult the Live-stock Producers Consultative Group, the Meat and Live-stock Exporters and Abattoir Operators Consultative Group, the Australian Meat Research Committee constituted under the Meat Research Act 1960, and such other organizations (if any) as are prescribed for the purposes of that sub-section:

AND WHEREAS the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation has made recommendations to the Minister with respect to the respective amounts to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 6c (1) (a), (b) and (c), 6e (1) (a), (b) and (c), and 6f (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the Livestock Slaughter Levy Act 1964:

AND WHEREAS before making the recommendations in relation to amounts to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 6c (1) (a), 6e (1) (a) and 6f (1) (a) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation consulted the Live-stock

 

Producers Consultative Group and the Meat and Live-stock Exporters and Abattoir Operators Consultative Group:

AND WHEREAS no other organization has been prescribed for the purposes of sub-section 8 (3) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964:

AND WHEREAS before making the recommendations in relation to amounts to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 6c (1) (b) and (c), 6e (1) (b) and (c) and 6f (1) (b) and (c) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation consulted the Live-stock Producers Consultative Group, the Meat and Live-stock Exporters and Abattoir Operators Consultative Group and the Australian Meat Research Committee:

AND WHEREAS no other organization has been prescribed for the purposes of sub-section 8 (4) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964:

NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after taking into consideration those recommendations made to the Minister by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation, hereby make the following Regulations under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of June 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry

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AMENDMENTS OF THE LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS2

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1979.

Amount per head of cattle slaughtered

2. Regulation 4 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4) “$1” and substituting “$3”.

Amount per head of buffaloes slaughtered

3. After regulation 6 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

“6a. (1) For the purpose of paragraph 6c (1) (a) of the Act, the amount per head of buffaloes slaughtered is 75 cents.

“(2) For the purpose of paragraph 6c (1) (b) of the Act, the amount per head of buffaloes slaughtered is 25 cents.

 

“(3) For the purpose of paragraph 6c (1) (c) of the Act, the amount per head of buffaloes slaughtered is 2 cents.

“(4) For the purpose of paragraph 6c (1) (d) of the Act, the amount per head of buffaloes slaughtered is $3.”.

Amount per head of calves slaughtered

4. The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulations:

“8. (1) For the purpose of paragraph 6e (1) (a) of the Act, the amount per head of calves slaughtered is 27 cents.

“(2) For the purpose of paragraph 6e (1) (b) of the Act, the amount per head of calves slaughtered is 9 cents.

“(3) For the purpose of paragraph 6e (1) (c) of the Act, the amount per head of calves slaughtered is 1 cent.

“(4) For the purpose of paragraph 6e (1) (d) of the Act, the amount per head of calves slaughtered is $1.

Amount per head of bobby calves slaughtered

“9. (1) For the purpose of paragraph 6f (1) (a) of the the Act, the amount per head of bobby calves slaughtered is 7.5 cents.

“(2) For the purpose of paragraph 6f (1) (b) of the Act, the amount per head of bobby calves slaughtered is 2.5 cents.

“(3) For the purpose of paragraph 6f (1) (c) of the Act, the amount per head of bobby calves slaughtered is 0.2 cent.

“(4) For the purpose of paragraph 6f (1) (d) of the Act, the amount per head of bobby calves slaughtered is 30 cents.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1964 No. 91 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 44 and see also