EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 346[TWN T31]
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industry.
MEAT EXPORT CHARGE COLLECTION ACT 1984
The Meat Export Charge Collection Act 1984 makes provision for the collection of charges imposed under the Meat Export Charge Collection Act 1984.
The Meat Export Charge Collection Regulations prescribe matters that are required by the Act to be prescribed to facilitate the collection or recovery of any debt due to the Commonwealth under the Meat Export Charge Collection Act 1984.
In particular the Regulations provide that meat from an animal that is slaughtered before the commencement of the Act but exported after that commencement will have any applicable charge remitted, or, if paid, refunded. Such meat will have been subject to the charge under the Live-stock Slaughter (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1979 that had not been reduced on 1 December 1984 to reflect the introduction of the meat export charge - it is Government policy that the combined export inspection charge on meat that is exported should remain at 50% of the cost to the Commonwealth of inspecting the meat.
[TWN T31]Filename is 347, and previous SR346 was numbered 345 on page