MEAT AGREEMENT (DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS).
No. 13 of
1964.
An Act to amend the Meat
Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1955-1956.
[Assented to 6th May, 1964.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(l.) This Act may be cited as the Meat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1964.
(2.) The Meat
Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1955–1956 is in this Act referred
to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Meat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1955–1964.
Commencement.
2. This Act
shall come into operation on the date fixed by Proclamation under section two
of the Meat Industry Act 1964.
Interpretation.
3. Section
three of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)by omitting from sub-section (1.) the
definition of “licensed exporter” and inserting in its stead the following
definition:—
“‘licensed exporter’ means a person who is the
holder of a licence granted, or to be deemed to be granted, under section
twenty-nine of the Meat Industry Act 1964;”;
and
(b)by omitting from that sub-section the
definition of “the Board” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“‘the Board’ means the Australian Meat Board
continued in existence by the Meat
Industry Act 1964;”.
Rate
of deficiency payments.
4. Section
four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
Persons
to whom payable.
5. Section
six of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “the condition specified in sub-section (1a.) of section seventeen of the Meat Export ControlAct 1935–1953”
and inserting in their stead the words “the condition specified in paragraph (a) of sub-section (4.) of section twenty-nine of the Meat Industry Act 1964”.
Minister
may make arrangements with Reserve Bank.
6. Section
seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Commonwealth Bank
of Australia” and inserting in their stead the words “Reserve Bank of Australia”.
Investment
of moneys, &c.
7. Section
eleven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b)of sub-section (1.) the words “Commonwealth Bank of Australia” and
inserting in their stead the words “Reserve Bank of Australia”.
Overpayment
of deficiency payments.
8. Section
twelve of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “, in the Meat
Export Fund established under the Meat
Export Control Act 1935–1953 or in an account opened by the Board under
section nineteen a of that Act”
and inserting in their stead the words “or in an account maintained by the
Board under section thirty-three of the Meat
Industry Act 1964