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LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1995 NO. 206

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 206

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

Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964

Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations (Repeal)

Section 9 of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act

The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 imposes a levy on the slaughter of sheep, lambs, buffaloes and goats.

The levy imposed by the Act raises funds for the following purposes.

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

(b)       financing of the Meat Research Corporation (MRC)

(c)        financing of the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultation Council (EXANDIS) (this applies only to the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 until 30 June 1995)

(d)        financing of bovine disease eradication (this applies only to buffaloes under the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964).

The Act authorises the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing operative rates of levy, within maximum rates prescribed within the Act.

The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Act 1995 amends the Act from 1 July 1995 by including reference in the Act of the rate components of the levy applicable from 1 July 1995, unless prescribed in future Regulations. The total amount of levy imposed remains the same although a new component is introduced, which is intended to finance the Meat Industry. Council (the new industry policy body established under the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995), and the AMLC component is reduced by a matching amount.

The purpose of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations (the Regulations) has been to prescribe the rates. for levy components on the slaughter of sheep, lambs, goats and buffalo. However, the Regulations will become redundant with the amendments to the Act. The repeal of these Regulations will complete the break between the manner in. which the levy regime was originally imposed under the Act, and how the regime is imposed under the amended Act.

Details of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations (Repeal) are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

This regulation provides for the Regulations to commence at the same time as the amendments to the principal Act on 1 My 1995.

Regulation 2 - Repeal of Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations

This regulation provides for the repeal of the Statutory Rules 1964 No.91 and subsequent amendments.

The regulations are to commence on 1 July 1995.