EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No. 121
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE)
COLLECTION ACT 1979
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE)
COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Act 1979 provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purpose of collection of the charge imposed by the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979. The first Act provides that regulations may prescribe the manner of payment of charge and other moneys payable to the Commonwealth under that Act and require proprietors of abattoirs to furnish returns or information to such persons as are prescribed.
Regulation 4 of the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Collection Regulations provides that the proprietor of an abattoir shall furnish to the Secretary a return in respect to live-stock slaughtered at that abattoir in a month. In particular, sub-regulation 4(2) requires an abattoir proprietor to inform the Secretary in writing if in any month no live-stock is slaughtered at that abattoir.
With effect from 1 July 1986, the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations are to be amended to remove this requirement for ‘nil’ returns to be furnished for months in which no live-stock is slaughtered at an abattoir.