Pig Slaughter Levy Amendment (AAHC) Act 1996

No. 53, 1996

An Act to amend the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971, and for related purposes

Pig Slaughter Levy Amendment (AAHC) Act 1996

No. 53, 1996

An Act to amend the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971, and for related purposes

[Assented to 25 October 1996]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pig Slaughter Levy Amendment (AAHC) Act 1996.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

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3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971

1 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

AAHC means the Australian Animal Health Council Limited, A.C.N. 071-890-956.

2 Paragraph 6(1)(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(c) such amount, not more than 50 cents, as is prescribed (for the purpose of payment to the AAHC).

3 Subsections 6(4) and (5)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(4) If a declaration is in force under subsection (5), the Governor-General must, before making regulations prescribing an amount for the purpose of paragraph (1)(c), take into consideration any recommendations about the amount to be prescribed made to the Minister by the body specified in the declaration. The regulations must not prescribe an amount greater than the amount last recommended to the Minister by the body specified in the declaration.

(5) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a body specified in the notice to be the body representing the Australian pig slaughter industry for the purposes of this section.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 26 June 1996
Senate on 19 September 1996]