EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 No. 109
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 1964
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Live-stock Slaughter Lew Act 1964 (the Act) 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 Government has decided to accept a recommendation by the AMLRDC to increase the levy components that raise funds to finance its activities. As required by the Act, the recommendation was endorsed at the Annual General Meeting of the AMLRDC on 2 December 1987. The rate increases will commence on 1 July 1988.
Maximum rates are prescribed by the Act for the AMLRDC component and the total of the AMLC and AMLRDC components. The proposed increased rates will not exceed the maximum rates prescribed in the Act.
The present and proposed operative rates and the prescribed maximum rates are as follows:
| Current Rates | Proposed Rates | Prescribed Maximum Rates |
|
| (per head) |
|
Cattle |
|
|
|
AMLC | $9.80 | $9.80 | — |
AMLRDC | $0.75 | $1.25 | $2.00 |
Total | $10.55 | $11.05 | $18.00 |
Sheep |
|
|
|
AMLC | 29.2 cents | 29.2 cents | — |
AMLRDC | 7.5 cents | 12.5 cents | 20.0 cents |
Total | 36.7 cents | 41.7 cents | 150.0 cents |
Lambs |
|
|
|
AMLC | 59.2 cents | 59.2 cents | — |
AMLRDC | 7.5 cents | 12.5 cents | 20.0 cents |
Total | 66.7 cents | 71.7 cents | 150.0 cents |
Buffaloes |
|
|
|
AMLC | $3.30 | $3.30 | — |
AMLRDC | $0.75 | $1.25 | $2.00 |
Total | $4.05 | $4.55 | $18.00 |
Goats |
|
|
|
AMLC | 16.2 cents | 16.2 cents | — |
AMLRDC | 7.5 cents | 12.5 cents | 20.0 cents |
Total | 23.7 cents | 28.7 cents | 100.0 cents |
Calves |
|
|
|
AMLC | 352.8 cents | 352.8 cents | - |
AMLRDC | 20.0 cents | 33.0 cents | 50.0 cents |
Total | 372.8 cents | 385.8 cents | 630.0 cents |
Bobby Calves |
|
|
|
AMLC | 98.0 cents | 98.0 cents | - |
AMLRDC | 5.5 cents | 9.0 cents | 15.0 cents |
Total | 103.5 cents | 107.0 cents | 180.0 cents |
The AMLRDC requires the additional funds raised by the increased levies to maintain its research program.
The AMLC and bovine disease eradication components of the levy remain unchanged by these Regulations.