Poultry Industry Levy Amendment Act 1985 (Cth)

Poultry Industry Levy Amendment Act 1985

No. 99 of 1985

An Act to amend the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965, and for

related purposes

[Assented to 26 September 1985]

the Rural Industries Research Act 1985 to be a prescribed levy.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of

Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Poultry Industry Levy Amendment

Act 1985.

(2) The Poultry Industry Levy Act 19651 is in this Act referred to as the

Principal Act.

Commencement

2. (1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 shall come into operation on the day on which

this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 4 shall come into operation on the day with effect from which

the levy imposed by the Principal Act is declared by the regulations made under

Poultry Industry Levy Amendment No. 99, 1985

Interpretation

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the

definition of "prescribed day", ",being a day occurring before 1 July 1987".

Rate of levy

4. (1) Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)

by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:

"(1) The rate of levy in respect of hens kept for commercial

purposes on a prescribed day is such amount in respect of each hen as is

equal to the aggregate of—

(a)	the amount that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(b)	the amount that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.";

(b)

by omitting from sub-section (2) "rate of levy made to the Minister by the Council, and regulations shall not be made prescribing a rate in excess of the rate last recommended" and substituting "amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (1) (a) or (b) made to the Minister by the Council, and regulations shall not be made prescribing an amount for the purposes of that paragraph in excess of the amount last recommended for the purposes of that paragraph"; and

(c)

by inserting in sub-section (4) ",or determined pursuant to," after "prescribed by".

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) that are referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that section apply in respect of hens kept for commercial purposes on a prescribed day occurring on or after the day referred to in sub-section 2 (2) of this Act.

(3) The reference in sub-section 6 (4) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act to the amount determined pursuant to the regulations is a reference to the amount so determined in respect of hens kept for commercial purposes on a prescribed day occurring on or after the day referred to in sub-section 2 (2) of

this Act. N O T E

1. No. 19, 1965, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 68, 1966; and No. 20, 1979.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives	on 17 April	1985
Senate on 9 May 1985]