EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 No.20
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
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 AMLC to increase the levy components that raise funds to finance its activites. The recommendation was endorsed at the Annual General Meeting of the AMLC on 3 December 1987.
Although no maximum rates are prescribed by the Act specifically for the AMLC component, maximum rates are prescribed 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 |
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Cattle |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | $3.30 75 cents $4.05 | $9.80 75 cents $10.55 | * $2.00 $18.00 |
Sheep |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 19.2 cents 7.5 cents 26.7 cents | 29.2 cents 7.5 cents 36.7 cents | * 20 cents $1.50 |
Lambs |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 49.2 cents 7.5 cents 56.7 cents | 59.2 cents 7.5 cents 66.7 cents | * 20 cents $1.50 |
Buffaloes |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | $3.30 75 cents $4.05 | $3.30 75 cents $4.05 | * $2.00 $18.00 |
Goats |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 16.2 cents 7.5 cents 23.7 cents | 16.2 cents 7.5 cents 23.7 cents | * 20 cents $1.00 |
Calves |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 118.8 cents 20 cents 138.8 cents | 352.8 cents 20 cents 372.8 cents | * 50 cents $6.30 |
Bobby Calves |
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 33 cents 5.5 cents 38.5 cents | 98 cents 5.5 cents 103.5 cents | * 15 cents $1.80 |
The AMLC intends to use the additional funds to finance its marketing and promotion activities and to finance emergency chemical residue testing and related marketing initiatives.
The AMLRDC and bovine disease eradication components of the levy remain unchanged by these Regulations.