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LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 369

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 369

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy.

Subject - Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977

Live-stock Export Charge Regulations (Amendment)

The Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 (the Act) imposes a charge on the export of sheep, lambs, buffaloes and goats from Australia. The Charge consists of three components which raise funds for the following purposes:

a) financing the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC);

b) financing the Meat Research Corporation (MRC); and

c) bovine disease eradication (buffaloes only).

As a result of the success of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign, which will soon make the transition from an active to a monitoring phase, and the level of reserves in the National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account, the Cattle Council of Australia has recommended a decrease in the rate of charge on buffaloes for bovine disease eradication purposes. The Minister for Primary Industries and Energy has accepted this recommendation. The new rates will have effect from 1 December 1991.

The present and proposed operative rates and the prescribed maximum rates of levy for buffaloes are:

AMLC MRC Total Disease erad       Total

Present rates       $3.10 $2.00 $5.10 $3.00 $8.10

Proposed rates       (per head) $3.10 $2.00 $5.10 $1.20 $6.30

Prescribed maximum rates $2.00 $18.00 $5.00

The AMLC and MRC components of the charge remain unchanged by these Regulations.