Poultry Industry Levy Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1965 No. 78.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POULTRY INDUSTRY LEVY ACT 1965.*

WHEREAS by the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965 it is, among other things, provided that—

(a) the rate of levy imposed by that Act is such rate as is prescribed; and

(b) levy is not imposed on hens included in a prescribed class of hens:

And whereas it is also provided by that Act that, before making any regulations prescribing the rate of levy or prescribing classes of hens on which levy is not imposed, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendations with respect to the proposed regulations made to the Minister by The Council of Egg Marketing Authorities of Australia and that regulations shall not be made prescribing a rate of levy in excess of the rate last recommended to the Minister by the Council:

And whereas The Council of Egg Marketing Authorities of Australia has recommended to the Minister that—

(a) the rate of levy should be Three and one-fourth pence in respect of each hen; and

(b) levy should not be imposed on hens kept for commercial purposes in the Northern Territory of Australia:

And whereas it is enacted by section 16a of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1964 that where, in an Act, the Governor-General is referred to the reference shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be deemed to include the person for the time being administering the Government of the Commonwealth and shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as referring to a person so deemed to be included in the reference acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council:

Now therefore I, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and having taken into consideration the recommendations made by The Council of Egg Marketing Authorities, hereby make the following Regulations under the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965.

Dated this 18th day of June, 1965.

HENRY ABEL SMITH

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Primary Industry.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18 June, 1965.

6665/65.—Price 6d. 10/10.6.1965

POULTRY INDUSTRY LEVY REGULATIONS

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Poultry Industry Levy Regulations.

Definition.

2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965.

Prescribed amount of levy.

3. For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 6 of the Act, the amount in respect of each hen is Three and one-fourth pence.

Exemption.

4. Hens kept for commercial purposes in the Northern Territory of Australia are a class of hens prescribed for the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 10 of the Act.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.