Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Pig) Regulations

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Pig) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 188 as amended

made under the

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

This compilation was prepared on 25 January 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 1998 No. 155

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

Page

 1 Citation [see Note 1] 

 2 Incorporation 

 3 Interpretation 

 3A Who is a procesor 

 4 Date of payment of levy 

 5 Returns 

 6 Records to be kept 

 7 Statement to be furnished at request of the proprietor 

Notes 

1 Citation [see Note 1]

  These Regulations may be cited as the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Pig) Regulations.

2 Incorporation

  The Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations are incorporated and must be read as one with these Regulations.

3 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

levy means levy imposed by the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971.

month means calendar month.

proprietor in relation to an abattoir, includes the occupier or person in charge of those premises.

3A Who is a procesor

  Paragraph (b) of the definition of processor in subsection 4 (1) of the Collection Act applies to pigs.

4 Date of payment of levy

  For the purposes of section 6 of the Collection Act, levy is due for payment on the last day for lodging a return in relation to the month in which pigs are slaughtered.

Note   For penalty, see section 15 of the Collection Act

5 Returns

 (1) A proprietor at whose abattoir pigs are slaughtered during a month must lodge a return on or before the 28th day of the next month.

 (2) A return must:

 (a) set out all the particulars referred to in subregulation (3) that are applicable to the person lodging the return; and

 (b) include a declaration, signed by the person or a person authorised by the person, that the particulars set out in the return are correct in every material particular; and

 (c) be lodged at the office of the Secretary of the Department in Canberra.

 (3) The particulars to be included in a return are:

 (a) the full name and business address of the abattoir, not being the address of a post office box or a post office bag; and

 (b) the full name and business address or residential address of the person lodging the return, not being the address of a post office box or a post office bag; and

 (c) if the person lodging the return has a post office box address or a post office bag address — that address; and

 (d) the month to which the return relates; and

 (e) the number of pigs slaughtered in the month; and

 (f) the number of pigs condemned in the month; and

 (g) the total amount of levy payable for those pigs.

Note   For penalty, see section 24 of the Collection Act

6 Records to be kept

 (1) A proprietor must keep, or cause to be kept, records for each month showing:

 (a) the number of pigs slaughtered on each day of the month; and

 (b) the total number of pigs slaughtered during the month; and

 (c) the total number of pigs condemned on each day of the month; and

 (d) the total number of pigs condemned during the month.

Penalty:   $1,000.

 (2) The records specified in subregulation (1) must be kept by the proprietor for a period of 5 years commencing on the date on which the proprietor is required to lodge a return for the pigs.

Penalty:   $1,000.

7 Statement to be furnished at request of the proprietor

  A person who, during a month, causes pigs to be slaughtered at an abattoir of which another person is the proprietor must, when requested in writing by the proprietor, give to the proprietor a statement setting out the information required to be recorded by the person under subregulation 6 (1).

Penalty:   $500.

Notes to the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Pig) Regulations

Note 1

The Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Pig) Regulations (in force under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1991 No. 188 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments