EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No.288
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 imposes a charge on cattle, buffaloes, sheep, lambs and goats exported from Australia. The charge consists of three components, which respectively raise funds for the following purposes:
(a) Financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC)
(b) Financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Research and Development Corporation (AMLRDC)
(c) Bovine disease eradication (only cattle and buffaloes are subject to charge for this purpose).
The Government has decided to accept an AMLC recommendation that the charge component that raises funds to finance AMLC activites be increased for all livestock categories other than goats. The new rates will come into effect in two stages, on 1 November 1986 and 1 December 1986.
The present and proposed operative rates are as follows:
| Present Rates | Proposed Rates From 1 Nov 1986 (cents per head) | Proposed Rates From 1 Dec 1986 |
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Cattle Buffaloes Sheep Lambs | 230 230 16.8 16.8 | 240 240 17.2 17.2 | 330 330 17.2 17.2 |
The AMLC intends to use the additional funds raised to increase finance for the national computer aided livestock marketing system (CALM), and to increase beef promotion.
Although no maximum rate is prescribed specifically for the AMLC component, a maximum rate is specified for the total of the AMLC component and the Australian Meat and Live-stock Research and Development Corporation (AMLRDC) component. The proposed increased charges, plus the existing rates of charge for the research component, will not exceed the maximum total amount prescribed in the Act.