Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Regulations

LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION ACT.

LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS.

Statutory Rules 1964, No. 92.(a)

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Regulations.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the date on which the Act comes into operation.

Interpretation.

3.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“authorized agent” means a person appointed, or to be deemed to have been appointed, as an authorized agent in pursuance of regulation 6 of these Regulations;

“Territory” means Territory of the Commonwealth;

“the Act” means the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964.

(2.) In these Regulations—

(a) a reference to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule so numbered to these Regulations; and

(b) a reference to a Form by number shall be read as a reference to the Form so numbered in the Second Schedule.

Manner of payment of levy, &c.

4. The payment of levy and other amounts payable to the Commonwealth under the Act with respect to live-stock slaughtered at an abattoir in a State or Territory shall be made to the Collector of Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry at the place the name of which is specified in column 2 of the table in the First Schedule opposite to the name of the State or Territory in column 1 of that table.

Returns

5.—(1.) Where in any month of the year live-stock are slaughtered at an abattoir, the proprietor of the abattoir shall, on or before the twenty-eighth day of the next succeeding month, furnish to the Secretary a return and declaration, in accordance with Form 1, with respect to livestock slaughtered at that abattoir.

(2.) Where in such a month, no cattle, sheep or lambs or no cattle, sheep and lambs are slaughtered at an abattoir, the proprietor of the abattoir shall, on or before the twenty-eighth day of the next succeeding month, furnish to the Secretary a return and declaration in accordance with Form 1 with the word “Nil” inserted where appropriate.

(a) Made under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964 on 17 July, 1964; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20 July, 1964.

(3.) Returns referred to in either of the last two preceding sub-regulations in relation to an abattoir in a State or Territory may be lodged with the Collector of Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry at the place the name of which is specified in column 2 of the table in the First Schedule opposite to the name of the State or Territory in column 1 of that table.

Authorized agents.

6.—(1.) The proprietor of an abattoir may appoint a person to be his authorized agent for the purpose of executing, from time to time, on his behalf the declaration set out in Form 1.

(2.) The appointment of an authorized agent by the proprietor of an abattoir in a State or Territory—

(a) shall be in accordance with Form 2; and

(b) shall be lodged with the Collector of Public Moneys, Department of Primary Industry at the place the name of which is specified in column 2 of the table in the First Schedule opposite to the name of the State or Territory in column 1 of that table.

(3.) A person who, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, held an appointment as an authorized agent in force under the Cattle Slaughter Levy Collection Regulations shall be deemed to have been appointed in pursuance of this regulation.

Proper records to be kept.

7. The proprietor of an abattoir, or a person who causes live-stock to be slaughtered at an abattoir of which another person is the proprietor, shall keep or cause to be kept proper records showing, with respect to the carcases of the live-stock so slaughtered at the abattoir, or so caused to be slaughtered by him, in every month—

(a) the number of cattle carcases (not being carcases referred to in paragraph (e) of this regulation) the dressed weight of which exceeded—

(i) in the case of a carcase having the skin removed—Two hundred pounds; or

(ii) in any other case—Two hundred and twenty pounds;

(b) the number of cattle carcases, not being carcases referred to in the last preceding paragraph or in paragraph (e) of this regulation;

(c) the number of sheep carcases (not being carcases referred to in paragraph (e) of this regulation);

(d) the number of lamb carcases (not being carcases referred to in the next succeeding paragraph); and

(e) the number of carcases that could not, under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, be used for human consumption.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.

500/65.—7

Statement to be furnished at request of the proprietor.

8. A person who, during a month, causes live-stock to be slaughtered at an abattoir of which another person is the proprietor shall, when requested in writing by the proprietor, furnish to the proprietor a statement setting out the information required to be recorded by the person under the last preceding regulation with respect to the carcases of the live-stock so slaughtered.

THE SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Regulations 4, 5 and 6.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Form 1. Regulation 5.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964.

RETURN OF LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTERED.

DECLARATION.

(a) Insert full name and address of person declaring.

(b) Strike out as required.

(c) Signature of person declaring.

(d) Signature, address and occupation of witness.

I,(a) declare—

1. That I am the (b) authorized agent of the/proprietor of the abovementioned abattoir.

2. That the information contained in the above return is true in every particular.

Declared at this day of , 19 .

 (c)

(d)

To the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry.

Form 2. Regulation 6.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964.

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED AGENT.

(a) Insert full name and address of proprietor.

(b) Insert full name, address and occupation of authorized agent.

(c) Signature of proprietor.

(d) Signature, address and occupation of witness.

(e) Signature of agent.

To the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry.

I, (a) , hereby appoint (b) a specimen of whose signature appears on this appointment, to be my authorized agent for the purpose of executing, from time to time, on my behalf the declaration set out in Form 1 in the Second Schedule to the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Regulations.

Dated at

this day of , 19 .

(c)

(d)

(e)