EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No. 204
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 imposes a levy on the slaughter of cattle, calves, bobby calves, buffaloes, sheep, lambs and goats. The levy consists of three components, which respectively raise funds for the following purposes:
(a) Financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC)
(b) Financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Research and Development Corporation (AMLRDC)
(c) Bovine disease eradication (only cattle, calves, bobby calves and buffaloes are levied for this purpose).
The draft Statutory Rules implement the decision announced by the Minister for Primary Industry on 15 April 1986 in the Government’s economic and rural policy statement to Parliament to reduce the $4.00 component of the present rates imposed on cattle for disease eradication by $1.00, and a subsequent decision to apply pro rata reductions to the disease eradication components of the other livestock categories.
The present and proposed rates of levy are as follows:
| Present Rates | Proposed Rates |
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Cattle | 400 | 300 |
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Buffaloes | 400 | 300 |
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Calves | 133 | 100 |
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Bobby Calves | 40 | 30 |
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