EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO. 309
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
POULTRY INDUSTRY LEVY COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS)
Section 12 of the Poultry Industry Levy Collection Act 1965 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations necessary for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Regulation 4(a) of the Poultry Industry Levy Collection Regulations requires an owner of hens kept for commercial purposes in a State to furnish, by notice in writing, to the State Egg Board for the State, information in respect of the number of hens kept by him.
Regulation 7(1) of the Poultry Industry Levy Collection Regulations provides that the notice referred to in Regulation 4 shall be posted or delivered to the State Board. The name and address of each are set out in the Second Schedule to the Regulations.
Since the present Regulations were made, the name of the Egg Board in New South Wales and the name and address of the Egg Board in Victoria have changed.
The proposed amendments principally provide for the new names of the New South Wales and Victorian Boards and new address of the Victorian Board to be set out in the Second Schedule.
In addition, the number of proposed amendments seek changes which are of a drafting nature that will bring the terminology and form of the Regulations into line with current drafting style.