Poultry Industry Levy Amendment Act 1985
No. 99 of 1985
An Act to amend the Poultry Industry Levy Act 1965, and for related purposes
[Assented to 26 September 1985]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Poultry Industry Levy Amendment Act 1985.
(2) The Poultry Industry Levy Act 19651 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. (1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 4 shall come into operation on the day with effect from which the levy imposed by the Principal Act is declared by the regulations made under the Rural Industries Research Act 1985 to be a prescribed levy.
Interpretation
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of “prescribed day”, “, being a day occurring before 1 July 1987”.
Rate of levy
4. (1) Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:
“(1) The rate of levy in respect of hens kept for commercial purposes on a prescribed day is such amount in respect of each hen as is equal to the aggregate of—
(a) the amount that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(b) the amount that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.”;
(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) “rate of levy made to the Minister by the Council, and regulations shall not be made prescribing a rate in excess of the rate last recommended” and substituting “amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (1) (a) or (b) made to the Minister by the Council, and regulations shall not be made prescribing an amount for the purposes of that paragraph in excess of the amount last recommended for the purposes of that paragraph”; and
(c) by inserting in sub-section (4) “, or determined pursuant to,” after “prescribed by”.
(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) that are referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that section apply in respect of hens kept for commercial purposes on a prescribed day occurring on or after the day referred to in sub-section 2 (2) of this Act.
(3) The reference in sub-section 6 (4) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act to the amount determined pursuant to the regulations is a reference to the amount so determined in respect of hens kept for commercial purposes on a prescribed day occurring on or after the day referred to in sub-section 2 (2) of this Act.
NOTE
1. No. 19, 1965, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 68, 1966; and No. 20, 1979.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 17 April 1985
Senate on 9 May 1985]