Statutory Rules

1975 No. 123

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PIG SLAUGHTER LEVY ACT 1971-1975.*

WHEREAS sub-section 6 (1) of the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971-1975 provides that the rate of levy imposed by that Act in respect of pigs slaughtered on or after 1 July 1975 is an amount in respect of each pig slaughtered equal to the aggre­gate of—

(a) such amount (not exceeding 10 cents) as is prescribed for the pur­poses of paragraph 6 (1) (a) of that Act; and

(b) such amount (not exceeding 5 cents) as is prescribed for the pur­poses of paragraph 6 (1) (b) of that Act:

AND WHEREAS sub-section 6 (2) of that Act provides that, before making regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (a) of that Act, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph made to the Minister by the Pig Industry Research Committee, and regulations shall not be made prescribing an amount for the purposes of that paragraph that is greater than the amount last recommended by that Committee to the Minister:

AND WHEREAS sub-section 6 (3) of that Act provides that, before making regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (b) of that Act, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph made to the Minister by the Pig Meat Promotion Advisory Committee, and regulations shall not be made prescribing an amount for the purposes of that paragraph that is greater than the amount last recommended by that Committee to the Minister:

AND WHEREAS the Pig Industry Research Committee has recommended to the Minister that the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (a) of that Act in respect of each pig slaughtered should be 5 cents:

AND WHEREAS the Pig Meat Promotion Advisory Committee has recom­mended to the Minister that the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of para­graph 6 (1) (b) of that Act in respect of each pig slaughtered should be 5 cents:

NOW THEREFORE I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and after taking into consideration the above-mentioned recommendations made to the Minister by the Pig Industry Research Committee and the Pig Meat Promotion Advisory Committee, hereby make the following Regulations under the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971-1975.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 27 June 1975.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of June, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. L. CAVANAGH

Minister of State for Police and Customs for and on behalf of

the Minister of State for Agriculture.

PIG SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pig Slaughter Levy Regulations.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1975.

Prescribed amount for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (a) of the Act.

3. For the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (a) of the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971-1975, the amount in respect of each pig slaughtered is 5 cents.

Prescribed amount for the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Act.

4. For the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971-1975, the amount in respect of each pig slaughtered is 5 cents.

Repeal.

5. The Pig Slaughter Levy Regulations, being Statutory Rules 1971, No. 117, are repealed.