PIG SLAUGHTER LEVY COLLECTION ACT

1975

No. 46 of 1975

An Act to amend the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1975.

(2) The Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971-1975.

Commencement.

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

Definitions.

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the definition of “the Secretary” the words “Primary Industry” and substituting the word “Agriculture”.

Formal amendments.

4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE     Section 4

1. The following sections of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “of this section (wherever occurring):—

Sections 6(4)(b), (5) and (7) and 15(4) and (5).

2. The Principal Act is further amended as set out in the following table:—

Provision

Amendment

Section 6......................

Omit “the Commonwealth” (wherever occurring), substitute

 

“Australia”.

Section 7......................

Omit “the Commonwealth” (wherever occurring), substitute

 

“Australia”.

Section 8(1)....................

Omit “the Commonwealth” (wherever occurring), substitute

 

“Australia”.

 

Omit “of this Act.

Section 16.....................

Omit “the Commonwealth” (wherever occurring), substitute

 

“Australia”.