EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No. 205
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 draft Statutory Rules implement the decision announced by the Minister for Primary Industry on 15 April 1986 in the Government’s economic and rural policy statement to Parliament to reduce the $4.00 component of the present livestock slaughter levy rates imposed on cattle for disease eradication by $1.00, and a subsequent decision to apply pro rata reductions to the disease eradication components of the livestock export charge.
The present and proposed rates of charge are as follows:
| Present Rates | Proposed Rates |
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Cattle | 400 | 300 |
Buffaloes | 400 | 300 |