EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 202
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 1964
LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
These regulations are designed to amend the existing regulations under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 so as to increase the amounts levied per head of livestock.
The Act imposes a levy on the slaughter of cattle, calves, bobby calves, buffaloes, sheep, lambs and goats. The levy consists of 4 components, which respectively raise funds for the following purposes:
(a) Financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC)
(b) General meat industry research
(c) Meat processing research
(d) Bovine disease eradication (only cattle, calves, bobby calves and buffaloes are levied for this purpose).
The Government has decided to accept an Australian Meat Research Committee recommendation that the levy component which raises funds for meat industry research be increased. The general meat industry research component will be increased with effect from 1 September 1984. The present, proposed and maximum leviable rates of levy for this component are as follows:
| Present Rates | Proposed Rates | Maximum Leviable Rates |
| (cents per head) |
| |
Cattle & buffaloes | 35 | 50 | 50 |
Calves | 9 | 13 | 17.5 |
Bobby calves | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5 |
Sheep, lambs and goats | 3.33 | 5 | 6.66 |
The increases are required to maintain existing research programs in the light of falling livestock slaughter numbers and increasing research costs.