EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No. 254
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1979
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 8 of the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979 (‘the Act’) empowers the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of section 6 of the Act.
Section 6 of the Act provides that the rate of charge on the slaughter of live-stock is the rate applicable under the Regulations to the live-stock and that different rates of charge may be prescribed for different classes of live-stock.
Regulation 3 of the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations establishes rates of charge for various classes of live-stock, as set out in the Schedule to the Regulations. The Amendment increases the rates of charge set out in the Schedule, with effect from 1 October 1986, as follows:
ITEM IN SCHEDULE | OLD RATE ($/head) | NEW RATE ($/head) |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 2.55 .85 .255 .255 .255 .85 2.55 | 2.61 .87 .26 .26 .26 .87 2.61 |
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