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Australian Meat and Livestock Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985

No. 13, 1985

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date:   10 March 2016

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 4, 2016

Registered:    19 February 2018

 

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 10 March 2016 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified.

Selfrepealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

 

 

 

Contents

Part I—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

Part II—Amendments of the Australian Meat and LiveStock Corporation Act 1977

3 Principal Act

4 Interpretation

5 Functions of Corporation

6 Other powers

7 Orders by Corporation

8 Remuneration and allowances of member, &c.

9 Corporation to convene annual general meeting

10 Persons proposing to move certain motions to inform the Corporation

11 Corporation to give notice of meeting and motions

12 Proxies

13 Conduct of meetings

14 Voting at annual general meetings

15 Motions of no confidence

16 Corporation to establish and maintain certain registers

17 

18 Repeal of section 33

19 

Part III—Amendments of the Australian Meat and LiveStock Industry Policy Council Act 1984

20 Principal Act

21 Membership of Council

Part IV—Amendments of the Australian Meat and LiveStock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984

22 Principal Act

23 Title

24 Interpretation

25 Functions of Committee

26 Heading to Part III

27 Selection of persons for nomination

28 

29 Minister may request nominations

30 Amendment of certain provisions of Principal Act

Part V—Amendments of the Meat Research Act 1960

31 Principal Act

32 Australian Meat Research Committee

Part VI—Repeal of Certain Acts and Consequent Transitional Provisions

33 Interpretation

34 Money in Research Account to be paid to Corporation

35 Money in respect of levy, charge, &c., to be paid to Corporation

36 Certain arrangements and agreements to continue in force

37 Certain amounts to be paid from Corporation funds

39 Repeal of Acts

Schedule 1—Amendments of certain provisions of the Australian Meat and Live-Stock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984

Schedule 2—Acts Repealed

Endnotes

Endnote 1—Legislation history

Endnote 2—Amendment history

An Act to make certain amendments and enact certain transitional provisions in consequence of the enactment of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985, and for related purposes

 

Part IPreliminary

 

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Australian Meat and Livestock Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985.

2  Commencement

 (1)  Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, subsections 13(1) and 15(1), sections 18, 19 and 20, subsection 21(1) and sections 22 to 32 (inclusive) shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) Subsection 4 (2), sections 9 to 12 (inclusive), subsection 13(2), section 14 and subsection 15(2) shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of this subsection.

 (3) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2(2) of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985.

 (4) The amendments made by sections 5, 6, 8, subsections 13(1), 15(1) and 21(1) and section 32 shall be deemed to have taken effect on 6 July 1984.

Part IIAmendments of the Australian Meat and LiveStock Corporation Act 1977

3  Principal Act

  The Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation Act 1977 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

4  Interpretation

 (1)  Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition of register in subsection (1) the following definition:

Research and Development Corporation means the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation established by section 4 of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985.

 (2)  Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) , being applications that are to be considered and dealt with before the meeting,.

5  Functions of Corporation

  Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subparagraph (e)(ii) and substituting the following subparagraph:

  (ii) with respect to the making of regulations prescribing an amount per head for the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(a), 6A(1)(a), 6B(1)(a), 6C(1)(a), 6D(1)(a), 6E(1)(a) or 6F(1)(a) of the Livestock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 or for the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(a), 8(1)(a), 9(1)(a), 10(1)(a) or 11(1)(a) of the Livestock Export Charge Act 1977; and.

6  Other powers

  Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1)(a) owned by the Corporation.

7  Orders by Corporation

  Section 16M of the Principal Act is amended:

 (a) by omitting from subsection (3) of State for Administrative Services and substituting for Sport, Recreation and Tourism”; and

 (b) by omitting from subsection (3) “of State for Primary Industry” and substituting administering this Act.

8  Remuneration and allowances of member, &c.

  Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) and substituting the following word and paragraph:

  or (b) a member of a committee established by the Corporation under section 16,.

9  Corporation to convene annual general meeting

  Section 30B of the Principal Act is amended:

 (a) by omitting from subsection (1) the tabling of each annual report in and substituting each annual report of the Corporation is laid before”;

 (b) by omitting from subsection (2) “the tabling of each annual report of the Corporation in and substituting each annual report of the Corporation is laid before”;

 (c) by omitting from paragraph (2)(a) “the tabling of that annual report and substituting the laying of that annual report before the House of Representatives”;

 (d) by omitting from paragraph (2)(c) , being applications that are to be considered and dealt with before the annual general meeting” and substituting referred to in paragraph (a); and

 (e) by omitting from subparagraph (4)(d)(ii) “by and substituting on behalf of.

10  Persons proposing to move certain motions to inform the Corporation

  Section 30C of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

 (3) A person who gives to the Corporation a notice of a motion that the person proposes to move at an annual general meeting

 (a) may include in that notice a statement, not exceeding 1,000 words in length, in support of that motion; and

 (b) may include in that notice, or in a notice in writing given to the Corporation at any time before the day of closure of the registers for the purposes of the annual general meeting, such evidence, of support for the motion by persons who are entered on either or both of the registers as the person considers appropriate..

11  Corporation to give notice of meeting and motions

  Section 30D of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subparagraph (1)(a)(i) if any motion was specified in the notice published by the Corporation in the Gazette in accordance with subsection 30B(2) the terms of that motion and substituting the terms of any motion proposed to be moved on behalf of the Corporation for the purpose of endorsing a recommendation of a kind referred to in paragraph 30B(2)(b)”.

12  Proxies

  Section 30E of the Principal Act is amended:

 (a) by omitting from subsection (2) in which case the proxy shall not and substituting , in which case the proxy is not entitled to”; and

 (b) by omitting from subsection (3) “shall be in a form approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection and shall be” and substituting is not effective unless it is in a form approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection and is.

13  Conduct of meetings

 (1) Section 30F of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1)(b) date (wherever occurring) and substituting day.

 (2) Section 30F of the Principal Act is amended:

 (a) by omitting from paragraph (1)(d) the necessity for a person other than a member of the Corporation to preside and substituting the requirement of subsection 30H(1) that a member of the staff of the Corporation preside; and

 (b) by omitting from subsection (2) The and substituting Subject to subsection 30H(1), the”.

14  Voting at annual general meetings

  Section 30G of the Principal Act is amended:

 (a) by omitting from subsection (2) Where” and substituting “Subject to subsection (3), where;

 (b) by omitting subsections (4), (5) and (6) and substituting the following subsections:

 (4) Subject to subsection (7), where a motion of the kind referred to in subparagraph 30B(4)(d)(i) is moved at an annual general meeting, that motion shall be taken to have been passed if, and only if

 (a) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (1) in support of the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the register referred to in that subsection constitutes a majority of the votes cast by virtue of that subsection, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on that register; and

 (b) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (2) in support of the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the register referred to in that subsection constitutes a majority of the votes cast by virtue of that subsection, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on that register.

 (5) Where a motion of the kind referred to in subparagraph 30B(4)(d)(ii) is moved at an annual general meeting, the motion shall be taken to have been passed unless

 (a) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (1) against the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the register referred to in that subsection and entitled to vote exceeds 75% of the number of votes that would have been cast by virtue of that subsection if all persons entered on that register on the day of closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled to vote had voted on the motion; and

 (b) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (2) against the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the register referred to in that subsection and entitled to vote exceeds 75% of the number of votes that would have been cast by virtue of that subsection if all persons entered on that register on the day of closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled to vote had voted on the motion.

 (6) Where a motion of the kind referred to in subparagraph 30B(4)(d)(iii) is moved at an annual general meeting, the motion shall be taken to have been passed if, and only if

 (a) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (1) in support of the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the register referred to in that subsection and entitled to vote exceeds 75% of the votes that would have been cast by virtue of that subsection if all persons entered on that register on the day of closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled to vote had voted on the motion; and

 (b) the number of votes cast by virtue of subsection (2) in support of the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the register referred to in that subsection and entitled to vote exceeds 75% of the number of votes that would have been cast by virtue of that subsection if all persons entered on that register on the day of closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled to vote had voted on the motion.; and

 (c) by omitting subsection (9) and substituting the following subsection:

 (9) For the purposes of subsections (5) and (6), every person who was entered on a register on the day of closure of the register for the purposes of an annual general meeting shall be taken to be entitled to vote at the meeting by virtue of being so entered on the register unless the Corporation is satisfied that the person has ceased since that day to be entitled to be entered on the register.”.

15  Motions of no confidence

 (1) Section 30H of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4) may (second occurring) and substituting shall.

 (2) Section 30H of the Principal Act is amended

 (a) by inserting in subsection (1) selected by the Chairman” after the staff of the Corporation; and

 (b) by omitting from subsection (5) all the words after paragraph (c) and substituting the following:

  and the Corporation, while constituted in accordance with this subsection, may perform all the functions and exercise all the powers of the Corporation except the power to appoint the Managing Director.

16  Corporation to establish and maintain certain registers

  Section 30J of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection:

 (7A) Where

 (a) an application by a person to be entered on a register is received by the Corporation on or before the day of closure of that register

 (i) for the purposes of a particular annual general meeting to be convened in accordance with section 30B; or

 (ii) for the purposes of a particular annual general meeting to be convened in accordance with section 22 of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985; and

 (b) after the day of closure of that register the Corporation becomes satisfied, after considering that application, that the person is entitled to be entered on the register, and, pursuant to subsection (7), enters that person and such particulars of that person as are prescribed on that register,

  that entry by the Corporation of that person and those particulars on that register shall be deemed to have been made for the purposes of this Act and of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985, as an entry made on the day of closure of that register.”.

17 

  Section 30L of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:

Research and Development Corporation to be notified of cost of maintaining registers

 30L. (1) The Corporation shall

 (a) as soon as practicable after 30 June next following the day of commencement of this section calculate the amount of expenditure incurred by the Corporation in the period that commenced on the day of commencement of this section and ended on that 30 June; and

 (b) as soon as practicable after each subsequent 30 June calculate the amount of expenditure incurred by the Corporation in the period of one year that ended on that 30 June,

  for the purpose of maintaining the registers established under subsections 30J(1) and (2).

 (2) Where the Corporation has calculated an amount under subsection (1), the Corporation shall give to the Research and Development Corporation a notice in writing specifying the amount of expenditure so incurred by the Corporation and providing particulars of the various matters in respect of which that expenditure was incurred.

Corporation to provide access to registers

 30LA. The Corporation shall provide to the Research and Development Corporation such access to the registers as is necessary to enable the Research and Development Corporation to conduct its annual general meeting in the manner required by Part IV of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985..

18  Repeal of section 33

  Section 33 of the Principal Act is repealed.

19 

  After section 37 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Research and Development Corporation to be informed of Selection Committee's costs and expenses

 37A. Where the Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee has notified the Meat and Livestock Corporation under section 22A of the Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 that the whole or a part of any costs and expenses incurred by that Committee related to the selection of members of the Research and Development Corporation, the Meat and Livestock Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after it has paid those costs and expenses, notify the Research and Development Corporation, in writing, of the nature and amount of those costs and expenses or of that part of those costs and expenses, as the case requires.”.

Part IIIAmendments of the Australian Meat and LiveStock Industry Policy Council Act 1984

 

20  Principal Act

  The Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Policy Council Act 1984 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

21  Membership of Council

 (1) Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1)(d) President and substituting “Chairman”.

 (2) Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1)(h) Chairman of the Australian Meat Research Committee and substituting Chairperson of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation.

Part IVAmendments of the Australian Meat and LiveStock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984

 

22  Principal Act

  The Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

23  Title

  The title of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation and substituting certain corporations.

24  Interpretation

  Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended

 (a) by omitting the definition of “Corporation” and substituting the following definitions:

   'Meat and Livestock Corporation' means the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation established by section 6 of the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation Act 1977;

  'meat and livestock research and development' means systematic experimentation or analysis in any field of science, technology or economics carried out with the object of

 (a) acquiring knowledge that may be of use for the purpose of improving any aspect of the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of meat or livestock; or

 (b) applying knowledge for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a);;

 (b) by inserting after the definition of member the following definition:

   'Research and Development Corporation' means the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation as it will be, or is, established by section 4 of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985;; and

 (c) by adding at the end the following subsection:

 (2) A reference in this Act to the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985 is a reference to that Act as in force on and after the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2 (2) of that Act..

25  Functions of Committee

  Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended

 (a) by omitting from paragraph (b) and (last occurring); and

 (b) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraphs:

 (ba) to select persons to be nominated for appointment as members of the Research and Development Corporation as constituted under section 12 of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985 , being members who are referred to in paragraph (1)(d) of that section;

 (bb) to select persons to be nominated for appointment as members of the Research and Development Corporation as constituted under subsection 28 (5) of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985, being members who are referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection; and”.

26  Heading to Part III

  The heading to Part III of the Principal Act is amended by omitting Corporation and substituting Meat and Livestock Corporation.

27  Selection of persons for nomination

  Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) Corporation (first occurring) and substituting Meat and Livestock Corporation.

28 

  After Part III of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

Part IIIASelection and Nomination of Candidates for Appointment to Research and Development Corporation

Minister may request nominations

 10A. The Minister shall

 (a) for the purpose of appointing the members referred to in paragraphs 5(ba) and (bb); and

 (b) for the purpose of filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of, or termination of the appointment of, any of the members so referred to, by notice in writing given to the Committee, request the Committee to give to the Minister, within such period as is specified in the notice, the names of persons, or the name of a person, as the case requires, considered by the Committee to be suitable for appointment as such members or as such a member.

Selection of persons for nomination

 10B. (1) A person is not entitled to be nominated by the Committee for appointment as a member of the Research and Development Corporation, being a member referred to in paragraph 5(ba), unless the person possesses qualifications relevant to, or has experience in, one or more of the following fields of activity:

 (a) livestock production;

 (b) meat production;

 (c) meatworks operation;

 (d) meat and livestock research and development;

 (e) marketing;

 (f) administration of research and development;

 (g) economics;

 (h) finance;

 (j) business management.

 (2) In selecting, pursuant to subsection (1), persons for nomination for appointment as members of the Research and Development Corporation, the Committee shall choose from the available candidates such persons as will best ensure that the members of the Research and Development Corporation collectively possess qualifications and experience in all the fields of activity referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (j) (inclusive).

 (3) A person who is or has been a member of the Committee is not eligible for nomination for appointment to the Research and Development Corporation (whether constituted under section 12 or subsection 28(5) of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985) until a period of 3 years has elapsed after the person ceased or last ceased to be a member.

 (4) A person is eligible for nomination for appointment to the Research and Development Corporation notwithstanding that a proposal for the person's nomination has been rejected at a previous meeting of the Committee or that a nomination for the person's appointment to the Research and Development Corporation has previously been rejected by the Minister.

Nominations

 10C. (1) The Committee shall, by the day specified by the Minister in a notice requesting the nomination of a person or persons for appointment to the Research and Development Corporation, inform the Minister, by notice in writing, of the name or names of the person or persons whom it considers suitable for such appointment.

 (2) Subject to subsection 10D(1), the Committee shall make only one nomination in respect of each appointment to be made by the Minister.

 (3) The notice specifying the name of a person or the names of persons nominated for appointed to the Research and Development Corporation shall be accompanied by

 (a) a statement in respect of the person, or of each of the persons, so nominated

 (i) containing details of the person's qualifications or experience in any one or more of the fields of activity referred to in paragraphs 10B(1)(a) to (j) (inclusive); and

 (ii) containing such other information relating to the person as the Committee thinks appropriate to include so as to assist the Minister in considering whether to appoint the person; and

 (b) except in the case of an appointment or appointments to the Research and Development Corporation as constituted under subsection 28(5) of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985 a statement specifying how, in the opinion of the Committee, the nomination or nominations in question will best ensure that the members of the Research and Development Corporation collectively possess qualifications and experience in all of those fields of activity.

 (4) If the Minister considers the information contained in a statement required to be given under subsection (3) to be inadequate to enable proper consideration of the suitability of a person nominated for appointment, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Committee, by such day as is specified in the notice, to provide the Minister with such further information of the kind referred to in the paragraph of subsection (3) that relates to that statement as is specified in the notice.

Minister may reject nomination

 10D. (1) If the Minister is not satisfied as to the suitability of a person nominated for appointment, the Minister may inform the Committee, by notice in writing, that he or she rejects the nomination and may include in that notice a further request for a nomination.

 (2) For the purposes of this Act, that further request shall be considered as a request made under and in accordance with section 10A..

29  Minister may request nominations

  Before section 23 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part VI:

Committee to notify costs and expenses

 22A. (1) Where the Committee incurs costs and expenses, either before or after the commencement of this section, it shall notify the Meat and Livestock Corporation of the costs and expenses so incurred and, if the whole or any part of those costs and expenses were incurred by the Committee in relation to the selection of members of the Research and Development Corporation, whether constituted under section 12 or subsection 28 (5) of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985, the Committee shall identify, in that notice, the costs and expenses, or the part of the costs and expenses, that were incurred in relation to those activities.

 (2) In this section, a reference to costs and expenses incurred by the Committee shall be taken to include a reference to the remuneration and allowances payable to the Chairman and the acting Chairman (if any) of that Committee, to the members of that Committee other than the Chairman and to the deputies of those members and to staff of, and consultants to, that Committee.”.

30  Amendment of certain provisions of Principal Act

  The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Part VAmendment of the Meat Research Act 1960

 

31  Principal Act

  The Meat Research Act 1960 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

32  Australian Meat Research Committee

  Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1)(a) Corporation” and substituting “Minister.

Part VIRepeal of Certain Acts and Consequent Transitional Provisions

33  Interpretation

  In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears

  commencing day means the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2 (2) of the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985;

  Committee means the Australian Meat Research Committee established under subsection 8 (1) of the Act;

  Corporation means the Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation established by section 4 of Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation Act 1985;

  “Research Account” means the Meat Research Trust Account established under subsection 4 (1) of the Act;

  the Act means the Meat Research Act 1960.

34  Money in Research Account to be paid to Corporation

 (1) Upon the commencing day, any money that, immediately before that day, stood to the credit of the Research Account, and investments representing any of that money, shall be paid or transferred to the Corporation.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, the Research Account includes the special account referred to in section 6A of the Act.

35  Money in respect of levy, charge, &c., to be paid to Corporation

 (1) There shall be paid to the Corporation on, or as soon as practicable after, the commencing day, an amount equal to the aggregate of

 (a) amounts received by the Commonwealth before the commencing day as levy under the Livestock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1969 by virtue of paragraphs 6(1)(b) and (c), 6A(1)(b) and (c), 6B(1)(b) and (c), 6C(1)(b) and (c), 6D(1)(b) and (c), 6E(1)(b) and (c) or 6F(1)(b) and (c) of the Livestock Slaughter Levy Act 1964;

 (b) amounts received by the Commonwealth before the commencing day under section 7, and as penalties under section 9, of the Livestock Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1964;

 (c) amounts received by the Commonwealth before the commencing day as charge under the Livestock Export Charge Collection Act 1977 by virtue of paragraphs 7(1)(b), 8(1)(b), 9(1)(b), 10(1)(b) and 11(1)(b) of the Livestock Export Charge Act 1977;

 (d) amounts received by the Commonwealth before the commencing day as penalties under section 6 of the Livestock Export Charge Collection Act 1977;

 (e) amounts of money payable into the Research Account by the Commonwealth before the commencing day by virtue of paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act;

 (f) amounts of money referred to in paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Act that are paid to the Commonwealth before the commencing day; and

 (g) amounts of money referred to in paragraph 5(1)(d) of the Act that are received by the Commonwealth before the commencing day, that have not been taken into account in making a payment into the Research Account under subsection 5(1) of the Act.

 (2) Amounts payable by virtue of paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.

36  Certain arrangements and agreements to continue in force

  An arrangement or agreement entered into on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Minister administering the Act or by an officer authorized by that Minister to act under section 7 of the Act, being an arrangement or agreement that was in force immediately before the commencing day, shall have effect, on and after the commencing day, as if

 (a) the Corporation were substituted for the Commonwealth as a party to the arrangement or agreement;

 (b) any requirement in the arrangement or agreement for a matter to be determined by, or agreed to by, the Minister administering the Act were a requirement for that matter to be determined by, or agreed to by, the Corporation; and

 (c) any requirement in the arrangement or agreement that money be paid from the Research Account were a requirement that that money be paid from the funds of the Corporation.

37  Certain amounts to be paid from Corporation funds

  Any amount that was, immediately before the commencing day, payable under section 14, 15 or 16 of the Act from the Research Account may be paid, on or after that day, by the Corporation from the funds of the Corporation.

39  Repeal of Acts

  The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are repealed.

Schedule 1Amendments of certain provisions of the Australian Meat and Live-Stock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984

Section 30

 

 1. The following provisions of the Australian Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 are amended by omitting “Corporation” (wherever occurring) and substituting Meat and Livestock Corporation:

  Paragraphs 5(a) and (b), subsections 8(1), (2) and (4) and 9(1) and (3).

 2. The following provisions of the Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 are amended by inserting or her after “him” (wherever occurring):

  Section 7, subsections 9(4) and 12(8), section 17 and subsection 23(2).

 3. The following provisions of the Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 are amended by inserting or she after he (wherever occurring):

  Subsections 8(1) and (3), 9(4), 10(1), 11(7), 12(5) and (7), 13(3), 14(1) and (2), 15(1), 16(2), 19(5), 20(1) and (3) and 23(2).

 4. The following provisions of the Meat and Livestock Industry Selection Committee Act 1984 are amended by inserting or her after his (wherever occurring):

  Subsections 8(4), 11(9), 12(1) and (8) and 13(4), section 17, subsections 18(2), 19(1), (3) and (4) and 20(7).

Schedule 2Acts Repealed

Section 39

  Cattle and Beef Research Act 1960

  Cattle and Beef Research Act (No. 2) 1960

  Cattle and Beef Research Act 1961

  Cattle and Beef Research Act 1964

  Meat Research Act 1965

  Meat Research Act 1968

  Meat Research Amendment Act 1977

  Meat Research Amendment Act 1979

 

Endnotes

 

Endnote 1—Legislation history

This endnote sets out details of the legislation history of the Australian Meat and Live-Stock Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985.

 

Act

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

Australian Meat and Livestock Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985

13, 1985

7 May 1985

s 1–3, 58, 13(1), 15(1), 1820, 21(1), and 22­32: Royal Assent (s 2(1))
s 4(2), 912, 13(2), 14 and 15(2): 24 June 1985 (s 2(2) and gaz 1985, No S220)
Remainder: 1 July 1985 (s 2(3) and gaz 1985, No S245)

s 2(4)

Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 2016

4, 2016

11 Feb 2016

Sch 6 (item 1): 10 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 6)

 

Endnote 2—Amendment history

 

Provision affected

How affected

Part VI

 

s 38....................

rep No 4, 2016