Beef Production Levy Amendment Act 1995

No. 70 of 1995

An Act to amend the Beef Production Levy Act 1990, and for related purposes

[Assented to 30 June 1995]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Beef Production Levy Amendment Act 1995.

(2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Beef Production Levy Act 1990.

Commencement

2. This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 July 1995.

Amendments

3. The Principal Act is amended in accordance with items 1 to 5 in the Schedule, and item 6 in the Schedule has effect according to its terms.

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                                                                 SCHEDULE:                                                  Section 3

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

1. Subsection 4(1) (definition of "Corporation"):

Omit.

2. Subsection 4(1):

Insert:

" 'Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation' means the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation continued in existence by section 53 of the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995;

'Meat Industry Council' means the Meat Industry Council established by section 8 of the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995;

'Meat Research Corporation' means the Meat Research Corporation continued in existence by section 166 of the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995;".

3. Paragraphs 6(1)(a) and (b):

Omit, substitute:

"(a)   0.05 cent or, if another amount (not exceeding 2 cents) is prescribed by the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to the Meat Industry Council;

(b)    1.44 cents or, if another amount (not exceeding 4 cents) is prescribed by the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation;

(c)    0.495 cents or, if another amount (not exceeding 1 cent) is prescribed by the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to the Meat Research Corporation.".

4. Subsection 6(4):

Omit.

5. Subsections 8(2) to (7):

Omit, substitute:

"(2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of subsection 6(1) is exercisable only on the advice of the Executive Council given after the Council has taken into consideration the recommendations with respect to the amount made to the Minister by the Meat Industry Council.

"(3) The Meat Industry Council must noi make a recommendation to the Minister for the purposes of subsection 6(1):

SCHEDULE—continued

(a)  if a motion that the terms of the recommendation be endorsed has not been put before the last general meeting of the Australian meat and live-stock industry convened under section 22 of the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995 before the making of that recommendation; or

(b)  if such a motion is so put and defeated.

"(4) The Meat Industry Council must, at the time of making a recommendation of the kind referred to in subsection (3) to the Minister, give the Minister written particulars of the voting in respect of the motion that the terms of the recommendation be endorsed.".

6. Application

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in respect of the slaughter of cattle after the commencement of this Act and the Principal Act continues to apply in respect of the slaughter of cattle before that commencement.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 7 June 1995

Senate on 20 June 1995]