Pig Slaughter Levy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 268

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PIG SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 1971*

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 6(1) of the Pig Slaughter LevyAct 1971that the rate of the levy imposed by that Act in respect of pigs slaughtered on or after 1 July 1975 is an amount in respect of each pig slaughtered equal to the aggregate of—

(a) such amount (not exceeding 20 cents) as is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 6(1) (a) of that Act; and

(b) such amount (not exceeding 20 cents) as is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 6(1) (b) of that Act:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 6 (3) of that Act that, before making regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of paragraph 6(1) (b) of that Act, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph made to the Minister by the Pig Meat Promotion Advisory Committee, and regulations shall not be made prescribing an amount for the purposes of that paragraph, that is greater than the amount last recommended by that Committee to the Minister:

AND WHEREAS the Pig Meat Promotion Advisory Committee has recommended to the Minister that the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (b) of that Act in respect of each pig slaughtered should be 13 cents and that amount is the amount last so recommended by that Committee to the Minister:

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 the above-mentioned recommendation made to the Minister by the Pig Meat Promotion Advisory Committee, hereby make the following Regulations under the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971.

Dated this fourteenth day of December 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

SGD. IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry

   

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1978.

15905/78—Cat. No.  —Recommended retail price 10c 10/11.12.1978

AMENDMENT OF THE PIG SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS*

Commencement

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

2. Regulation 4 of the Pig Slaughter Levy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Prescribed amount for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Act

“4. For the purposes of paragraph 6(1) (b) of the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971, the amount in respect of each pig slaughtered is 13 cents.”.

 

* Statutory Rules 1975 No. 123 as amended by Statutory Rules 1977 No. 30.

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