EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 No. 21
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for
Primary Industries and Energy
LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 (the Act) imposes a charge on the export of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, lambs and goats. 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 levied for this purpose).
The Government has decided to accept a recommendation by the AMLC to increase the charge components that raise funds to finance its activities. The recommendation was endorsed at the Annual General Meeting of the AMLC on 3 December 1987.
Although no maximum rates are prescribed by the Act specifically for the AMLC component, maximum rates are prescribed for the AMLRDC component and the total of the AMLC and AMLRDC components. The proposed increased rates will not exceed the maximum rates prescribed in the Act.
The present and proposed operative rates and the prescribed maximum rates are as follows:
| Current Rates | Proposed Rates | Prescribed Maximum Rates |
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| (per head) |
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Cattle |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | $3.30 75 cents $4.05 | $9.80 75 cents $10.55 | * $ 2.00 $18.00 |
Sheep |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 17.2 cents 7.5 cents 24.7 cents | 27.2 cents 7.5 cents 34.7 cents | * 20 cents $1.50 |
Lambs |
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|
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 17.2 cents 7.5 cents 24.7 cents | 27.2 cents 7.5 cents 34.7 cents | * 20 cents $15.00 |
Buffaloes |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | $3.30 75 cents $4.05 | $3.30 75 cents $4.05 | * $2.00 $18.00 |
Goats |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 16.2 cents 7.5 cents 23.7 cents | 16.2 cents 7.5 cents 23.7 cents | * 20 cents $1.00 |
The AMLC intends to use the additional funds to finance its marketing and promotion activities and to finance emergency chemical residue testing and related marketing initiatives.
The AMLRDC and bovine disease eradication components of the charge remain unchanged by these Regulations.