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

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 44

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 19641

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 8 (2) of the Live-stock 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 8 (3) or 8 (4) of that Act, 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 8 (3) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 that, before making any recommendations in relation to regulations to be made for the purposes of paragraphs 6 (1) (a), 6a (1) (a), 6b(1) (a) or 6d (1) (a) of that Act, the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation shall consult the Live-stock Producers Consultative Group and the Meat and Livestock Exporters and Abattoir Operators Consultative Group, both established by section 41 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1911, and such other organisations (if any) as are prescribed for the purposes of that sub-section:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 8 (4) of the Livestock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 that, before making any recommendations in relation to regulations to be made for the purposes of paragraphs 6 (1) (c), 6a (1) (b), 6a (1) (c), 6b (1) (b), 6b (1) (c), 6d (1) (b) or 6d (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 organisations (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 of State for Primary Industry with respect to the respective amounts to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 6 (1) (a) and (c), 6a (1) (a), (b) and (c), 6b (1) (a), (b) and (c), 6d (1) (a), (b) and (c) 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 6 (1) (a), 6a (1) (a), 6b (1) (a) and 6d (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 6 (1) (c), 6a (1) (b) and (c), 6b (1) (b) and (c) and 6d (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 purpose 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 fifteenth day of March 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 May 1979.

Amount per head of cattle slaughtered

2. Regulation 4 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “30 cents” and substituting “75 cents”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “1 cent” and substituting “2 cents”.

 

Amount per head of sheep slaughtered

3. Regulation 5 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “3 cents” and substituting “7.5 cents”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “One and three quarter cents” and substituting “3.33 cents”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “0.1 cent” and substituting “0.2 cent”.

Amount per head of lambs slaughtered

4. Regulation 6 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “3 cents” and substituting “7.5 cents”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “One and three quarter cents” and substituting “3.33 cents”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “0.1 cent” and substituting “0.2 cent”.

Amount per head of goats slaughtered

5. Regulation 7 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “3 cents” and substituting “7.5 cents”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “1.75 cents” and substituting “3.33 cents”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “0.1 cent” and substituting “0.2 cent”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 March 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1964 No. 91 as amended by Statutory Rules 1966 Nos. 64 and 111; 1971 No. 11; 1975 No. 7; and 1978 No. 143.