EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1987 No 249
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Resources
Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979
Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations (Amendment)
Sub-section 8(1) of the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Change) Act 1979 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Act, which deal with charges on the slaughter of live-stock.
By virtue of and subject to section 6 of the Act, the rate of charge on the slaughter of live-stock is such rate as is applicable under the regulations to the class of live-stock in which that live-stock is included.
The Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations (Amendment) set revised rates of charge on the slaughter of live-stock, being rates lower than the current rates.
The Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations (Amendment) are to come into operation on 1 November 1987.