Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Act 1989

No. 127 of 1989

An Act to amend the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964

[Assented to 7 November 1989]

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

Short title etc.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Act 1989.

(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 19641.

Commencement

2. (1) In this section:

“month” means one of the months of a calendar year.

(2) This Act commences:

(a) if the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 commences on the first day of a month—on the first day after the end of that month; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—on the first day after the end of the month next following the month in which that Act commences.

Rate of levy on slaughter of cattle

3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and”;

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(c) such amount per head of cattle slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;”.

Rate of levy on slaughter of sheep

4. Section 6a of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “and”;

(b) by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraph:

“; (c) such amount per head of sheep slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.”.

Rate of levy on slaughter of lambs

5. Section 6b of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “and”;

(b) by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraph:

“; (c) such amount per head of lambs slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.”.

Rate of levy on slaughter of buffaloes

6. Section 6c of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and”;

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(c) such amount per head of buffaloes slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;”.

Rate of levy on slaughter of goats

7. Section 6d of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “and”;

(b) by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraph:

“; (c) such amount per head of goats slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.”.

Rate of levy on slaughter of calves

8. Section 6e of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and”;

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(c) such amount per head of calves slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;”.

Rate of levy on slaughter of bobby calves

9. Section 6f of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and”;

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(c) such amount per head of bobby calves slaughtered as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;”.

Regulations

10. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2a) the following subsection:

“(2b) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (c), 6a (1) (c), 6b (1) (c), 6c (1) (c), 6d (1) (c), 6e (1) (c) or 6f (1) (c) shall be exercised only on advice of the Executive Council, being advice that has taken into consideration the recommendations with respect to the amount made to the Minister by the members of the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultative Council (being the Council established by the Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989) nominated by the National Farmers’ Federation and regulations shall not be made prescribing for the purposes of any of those paragraphs an amount that is greater than the amount last recommended by those members for the purposes of that paragraph.”.

11. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following section:

Cessation of operation of certain provisions

“9. Paragraphs 6 (1) (c), 6a (1) (c), 6b (1) (c), 6c (1) (c), 6d (1) (c), 6e (1) (c) and 6f (1) (c) and subsection 8 (2b), unless sooner repealed, shall cease to have effect at the end of 30 June 1995.”.

NOTE

1. No. 8, 1964, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 76, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 140, 1968; No. 87, 1971; No. 216, 1973; No. 111, 1974; Nos. 37 and 42, 1976; No. 70, 1977; No. 179, 1978; No. 73, 1979; No. 82, 1982; No. 60, 1984; No. 14, 1985; No. 23, 1986; and No. 157, 1987.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 24 May 1989

Senate on 26 October 1989]