Poultry Industry Levy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 54

REGULATION UNDER THE POULTRY INDUSTRY LEVY ACT 1965.*

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 6 (1) of the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965 that the rate of levy imposed by that Act is such amount in respect of each hen as is prescribed:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 6 (2) of that Act that, before making any regulations for the purposes of sub-section 6 (1), the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the rate of levy made to the Minister by The Council of Egg Marketing Authorities of Australia, and that regulations shall not be made prescribing a rate in excess of the rate last recommended by that Council to the Minister;

AND WHEREAS the rate last recommended by that Council to the Minister is a rate of 4 cents in respect of each hen in the case of the levy imposed on a prescribed day other than one of the last 4 prescribed days before 1 July 1977, and a rate of 2 cents in respect of each hen in the case of the levy imposed on each of those 4 prescribed days.

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 recommendations with respect to the rate of levy made to the Minister by The Council of Egg Marketing Authorities of Australia, hereby make the following Regulation under the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965.

Dated this twenty-first day of April, 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry.

 

Amendment of the Poultry Industry Levy Regulations

Regulation 3 of the Poultry Industry Levy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:—

Prescribed amount of levy.

“ 3. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), for the purposes of sub-section 6 (1) of the Act the rate of the levy imposed by section 5 of the Act on each prescribed day in respect of hens kept for commercial purposes on that day is the amount of 4 cents in respect of each hen.

“ (2) The rate of the levy on each of the last 4 prescribed days before 1 July 1977 is the amount of 2 cents in respect of each hen.”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 28 April 1977.

  Statutory Rules 1965, No. 78 as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 8 and 107; 1967, Nos. 32, 84 and 127; 1968, No. 59; 1969, No. 82; 1970, No. 73; and 1971, No. 62.