EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Meat Processor Marketing and Research Bodies) Declaration 2007
Statutory Basis
Subsections 60 (3AA) and (3AB) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 provide that the Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare a body to be the meat processor marketing body and the meat processor research body.
Purpose of the Declaration
The purpose of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Meat Processor Marketing Body and Meat Processor Research Body) Declaration 2007 is to declare Australian Meat Processor Corporation Limited to be the meat processor marketing body and the meat processor research body from 1 September 2007.
Background to the Declaration
Since the 1998 red meat industry restructure, the meat processor industry has funded it marketing and research and development programmes through voluntary contributions. In December 2006 the industry decided to move away from the voluntary system and requested the Government impose a statutory levy on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and goats. The industry also requested that Australian Meat Processor Corporation Limited be declared the body to receive the funding generated by the statutory levy.
To effect this change, amendments were required to the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 to allow entities to be declared the meat processor marketing body and the meat processor research body. These amendments received Royal Assent on 22 June 2007.
The Declaration is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
The Declaration commences on 1 September 2007.