EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 No. 385
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport and Construction for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Primary Industry
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE)
REGULATIONS (Amendment)
Section 8 of the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979 (the Act) provides for the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of sections 4, 5 and 6. Section 4 provides for definitions including classes of live-stock, section 5 provides for the imposition of the charge, and section 6 for rates of charge for different classes of live-stock.
The Export Control Act 1982 (Act No. 47, Assented to on 9 June 1982) is to come into operation on 1 January 1983. Under proposed Regulations being made pursuant to this Act, to be known as the Export Control (General) Regulations, the existing Exports Regulations are to be repealed. As a consequence of the repeal of the Exports Regulations, references to them in the regulations which impose a charge or provide for the collection of that charge, must be omitted.
Regulation 4 of the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations provides for the non-payment of the charge where during an industrial dispute ‘the services of an officer referred to in regulation 31 of the Exports (Meat) Regulations are not available’.
The proposed amendment provides for the reference to ‘the services of an officer referred to in regulation 31 of the Exports (Meat) Regulations’ to be replaced by a reference to ‘the services of an authorized officer within the meaning of the Export Control Act 1982’.
The proposed amendment is of an administrative nature only and will not involve the imposition of any additional requirements or costs on the industry concerned.
The proposed amendment will come into operation on 1 January 1983.