EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 No. 167
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).
These regulations will implement a recommendation by the AMLC to reduce 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 AMLC on 8 December 1988. The rate reductions will commence on 1 August 1989.
The present and proposed operative rates and the prescribed maximum rates are as follows:
| Present Rates | Proposed Rates | Prescribed Maximum Rates |
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| (per head) |
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Cattle |
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|
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | $9.80 $1.25 $11.05 | $6.10 $1.25 $7.35 | - $2.00 $18.00 |
Sheep |
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|
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 29.2 cents 12.5 cents 41.7 cents | 28.2 cents 12.5 cents 40.7 cents | - 20.0 cents 150.0 cents |
Lambs |
|
|
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 59.2 cents 12.5 cents 71.7 cents | 58.2 cents 12.5 cents 70.7 cents | - 20.0 cents 150.0 cents |
Buffaloes |
|
|
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | $3.30 $1.25 $4.55 | $3.10 $1.25 $4.35 | - $2.00 $18.00 |
Present Rates | Proposed Rates | Prescribed Maximum Rates | |
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| (per head) |
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Calves |
|
|
|
AMLC AMLRDC Total | 352.8 cents 33.0 cents 385.8 cents | 219.6 cents 33.0 cents 252.6 cents | - 50.0 cents 630.0 cents |
Bobby Calves |
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|
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AMLC AMLRDC Total | 98.0 cents 9.0 cents 107.0 cents | 61.0 cents 9.0 cents 70.0 cents | - 15.0 cents 180.0 cents |
The rate reductions relate specifically to the portion of the levy collections for cattle species which the AMLC allocates to residue testing and to the portion of levy collections from all species allocated to Computer Aided Livestock Marketing (CALM). The AMLC has not been allocating levy collections from goats to CALM, so the rate reductions will not apply to goats.
The AMLRDC and bovine disease eradication components of the levy remain unchanged by these Regulations.