
Australian Animal Health Council (Live‑stock Industries) Funding Act 1996
Act No. 45 of 1996 as amended
Consolidated as in force on 11 February 1999
(includes amendments up to Act No. 207 of 1997)
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
An Act to direct funds to the Australian Animal Health Council, and for related purposes
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This Act may be cited as the Australian Animal Health Council (Live‑stock Industries) Funding Act 1996.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
In this Act:
Australian Animal Health Council means the Australian Animal Health Council Limited, A.C.N. 071‑890‑956.
Australian Animal Health Council levy means a levy or charge the rate of which is set by or under any of the following provisions:
(a) paragraph 5(1)(d) or 5(2)(d) of the Cattle (Producers) Export Charges Act 1997;
(b) paragraph 7(1)(d), 7(2)(d) or 7(3)(d) of the Cattle Transactions Levy Act 1997;
(c) subsection 9(1) of the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986, so far as it relates to paragraph 5(1)(g) of that Act;
(d) paragraph 7(b) of the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988;
(e) paragraph 5(c), 6(c) or 7(c) of the Live-stock (Producers) Export Charges Act 1997;
(f) paragraph 6(1)(c), 7(c) or 8(1)(c) of the Live-stock Transactions Levy Act 1997;
(g) paragraph 7(1)(b) of the Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969;
(h) paragraph 6(1)(c) of the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971.
The Commonwealth is to pay to the Australian Animal Health Council amounts equal to the following amounts:
(a) amounts of Australian Animal Health Council levy collected or received by or on behalf of the Commonwealth on or after 1 July 1996;
(b) amounts paid by way of penalty for non‑payment of Australian Animal Health Council levy.
Amounts payable to the Australian Animal Health Council under section 4 are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
(a) The Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 1) only of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
“(4) Subject to this section, the remaining provisions of this Act commence on the same day as Part 3 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997.”.