Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Amendment Bill 1997

Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Amendment Act 1997

No. 77, 1997

An Act to amend the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986

[Assented to 18 June 1997]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Amendment Act 1997.

2 Commencement

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) If this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 July 1997, item 2 of Schedule 1 does not commence.

(3) If this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 1997, item 3 of Schedule 1 does not commence.

3 Schedule(s)

Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986

1 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

Federation means the company known as the Australian Dairy Farmers’ Federation Limited that is incorporated under the Corporations Law.

2 At the end of subsection 5(1)

Add:

; (g) a levy to be known as the Australian Animal Health Council levy is imposed on relevant dairy produce produced on or after 1 July 1997 and on which a levy is imposed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b).

Note: If this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 July 1997, this item does not come into operation: see subsection 2(2).

3 At the end of subsection 5(1)

Add:

; (g) a levy to be known as the Australian Animal Health Council levy is imposed on relevant dairy produce produced on or after 1 July 1998 and on which a levy is imposed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b).

Note: If this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 July 1997, this item does not come into operation: see subsection 2(3).

4 Section 9

Omit “paragraph 5(1)(d), (e) or (f)”, substitute “paragraph 5(1)(d), (e), (f) or (g)”.

5 Section 10 (table item 5, column 2)

Omit “0.875 cents”, substitute “1.750 cents”.

6 Section 10 (at the end of the table)

Add:

Australian Animal Health Council levy

0.058 cents per kilogram

7 Section 11 (table item 5, column 2)

Omit “2.13281 cents”, substitute “4.26562 cents”.

8 Section 11 (at the end of the table)

Add:

Australian Animal Health Council levy

0.13850 cents per kilogram

9 At the end of subsection 12(4)

Add:

; (d) the Australian Animal Health Council levy.

10 Subsection 14(2)

After “section 6 or 9”, insert “(except so far as section 9 relates to paragraph 5(1)(g))”.

11 After subsection 14(2)

Insert:

(2A) Before making regulations prescribing a rate for the purposes of section 9 (so far as it relates to paragraph 5(1)(g)), the Governor-General must take into consideration any report relating to the proposed regulations made to the Minister by the executive of the Federation.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 5 March 1997

Senate on 15 May 1997]

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