Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection

No. 141 of 1968

An Act to amend the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964–1966.

[Assented to 9 December 1968]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1968.

(2.) The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964–1966 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964–1968.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting before the definition of “regular purchaser for slaughter” the following definition:—

“‘levy’ means levy imposed by the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964–1968;”.

Deduction of levy from purchase price payable by slaughterers.

4. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:—

“(4.) Where—

(a) an amount (in this sub-section referred to as ‘the net price’) paid after the commencement of this sub-section under a contract referred to in sub-section (1.) of this section in respect of the purchase of any live-stock is, by reason of the operation of that sub-section or by reason of the operation of a provision of that contract being a provision of a kind referred to in sub-section (2.) of this section, less than the amount (in this sub-section referred to as ‘the gross price’) that would otherwise be so paid; and

(b) the live-stock are not slaughtered within thirty days after the date of payment,

the purchaser of the live-stock is liable to pay to the vendor of the live-stock an amount equal to the difference between the net price and the gross price and the vendor may recover that amount from the purchaser in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to him by the purchaser.

“(5.) In this section, ‘levy’ does not include levy payable by virtue of paragraph (c) of sub-section (1.) of section six, paragraph (c) of sub-section (1.) of section six a, or paragraph (c) of sub-section (1.) of section six b, of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964–1968.”.