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DOMESTIC MEAT PREMISES CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 66

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 66

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993

Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations (Amendment)

Section 10 of the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Act 1993 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

The Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations (the Regulations) set charge rates payable by the accredited operator or owner of abattoirs, meat processing plants, knackeries and animal food processing plants inspected under the Meat Inspection Act 1983 by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).

The purpose of the Regulations is to implement revised schedules of charges from 1 January 1994 on the rates payable by the accredited operator or owner of abattoirs, meat processing plants, knackeries and animal food processing plants inspected under the Meat Inspection Act 1983 by AQIS. These revised charges reflect reductions on those previously set. Other changes involving the addition of a new category of abattoir and amendments to the definition of the existing categories have also been made.

The effect of the regulations is retrospective to 1 January 1994. On the basis that no one other than the Commonwealth will be disadvantaged, the retrospective commencement of the amendments will not contravene subsection 48 (2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

The Regulations amend the Regulations as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Subregulation 1.1 provides for regulations 3 and 4 to commence on 1 January 1994. The remainder of the regulations would commence on gazettal.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

Provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Domestic Meat Premises Charge Regulations (Amendment).

Regulation 3 - Schedule 2

Subregulation 3.1 reduces the annual charge for a meat processing plant from "$2480" to "1240" at column 3 of item 3 of schedule 2.

Subregulation 3.2 reduces the annual charge for a slaughterhouse from "$2650" to "$1325" at column 3 of item 4 of schedule 2.

Subregulation 3.3 omits items 5 and 6 and substitutes items 5, 6 and 6A. The substitute item 5 introduces a new category of abattoir which uses less than 1000 inspection hours and applies a reduction of the amount payable in column 3 from $6190 to $1325. The substitute item 6 and the new item 6A replace the previous items 5 and 6 and reflect a change in the definition of the kind of abattoir to reflect an increase in the number of inspection hours from 4000 to 5000. The amount of charge in column 3 of item 6 remains the same and the amount of charge in column 3 of item 6A applies a reduction from $24760 to $22284.

Regulation 4 - Schedule 3

Subregulation 4.1 reduces the charge for a meat processing plant for the year ending 30 June 1994 from "$1240" to "$620" at column 3 of item 3 of schedule 3.

Subregulation 4.2 reduces the charge for a slaughterhouse for the year ending 30 June 1994 from "$1325" to "$663" at column 3 of item 4 of schedule 3.

Subregulation 4.3 omits items 5 and 6 and substitutes items 5, 6 and 6A. The substitute item 5 introduces a new category of abattoir which uses less than 1000 inspection hours and applies a reduction of the amount payable in column 3 from $3095 to $663. The substitute item 6 and the new item 6A replace the previous items 5 and 6 and reflect a change in the definition of the kind of abattoir to reflect an increase in the number of inspection hours from 4000 to 5000. The amount of charge in column 3 of item 6 remains the same and the amount of charge in column 3 of item 6A applies a reduction from $12380 to $11142.