Meat and Live-stock Industry Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 413 1

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Meat and Live-stock Industry Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995.

Dated 12 December 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

BOB COLLINS

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Meat and Live-stock Industry Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 3 (Interpretation)

2.1   Insert the following definition:

“‘ABARE’ means the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics;”.

3.   New Part 6A

3.1   After Part 6, insert:

“PART 6A—GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTION OF

INDUSTRY

Gross value of production of the industry

“26A.

(1) For the purposes of section 204 of the Act, the Minister must determine the amount of the gross value of production of the industry for a financial year:

• (a)

  if the determination is made before ABARE provides figures showing the gross value of live-stock production for the immediately preceding financial year—in accordance with the formula:

GVPI

=; and

• (b)

  if the determination is made after ABARE provides figures showing the gross value of live-stock production for the immediately preceding financial year—in accordance with the formula:

GVPI

=;

where:

GVPImeans the gross value of production of the industry for a financial year;

EGVLP1is the estimated gross value of live-stock production for the financial year calculated using figures provided by ABARE;

EGVLP2 is the estimated gross value of live-stock production for the immediately preceding financial year calculated using figures provided by ABARE estimating the gross value of live-stock production in that year;

GVLP2is the gross value of live-stock production for the immediately preceding financial year calculated using figures provided by ABARE;

GVLP3is the gross value of live-stock production in the financial year preceding the immediately preceding financial year calculated using figures provided by ABARE.

 “(2)For the purposes of this regulation, the gross value of live-stock production in a financial year is an amount equal to the sum of the gross values of:

• (a)

  cattle, sheep, lambs and goats slaughtered; and

• (b)

  cattle, sheep, lambs and goats exported live; and

• (c)

  sheep skins from which the wool has been removed; and

• (d)

  hides produced;

in that financial year.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1995 No. 203.