Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Regulations 2023

Dated               16 March                     2023

David Hurley

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Murray Watt

Murray Watt

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                                                        1

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

Part 2—Prescribed live‑stock and prescribed industry bodies                                             2

5............ Prescribed live‑stock..................................................................................................... 2

6............ Prescribed industry bodies—stage 1 commencement.................................................... 2

7............ Prescribed industry bodies—stage 2 commencement.................................................... 2

Part 3—Gross value of production of the industry and payments by industry bodies   3

8............ Gross value of production of the industry..................................................................... 3

9............ Payments that may be made by industry bodies............................................................ 4

Part 4—Other matters                                                                                                                                   5

10.......... Industry bodies that may receive payments, assets and liabilities, or to which staff have transferred       5

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Regulations 2023.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under the following:

                     (a)  the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997;

                     (b)  the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997.

4  Definitions

                   In this instrument:

Act means the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997.

Part 2—Prescribed live‑stock and prescribed industry bodies

5  Prescribed live‑stock

                   For the purposes of the definition of live‑stock in section 3 of the Act, buffalo, camelids and deer are prescribed.

6  Prescribed industry bodies—stage 1 commencement

             (1)  For the purposes of section 59 of the Act, the following bodies are prescribed:

                     (a)  Sheep Producers Australia Limited;

                     (b)  the Cattle Council of Australia Inc.;

                     (c)  the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association;

                     (d)  the Australian Meat Industry Council;

                     (e)  Australian Livestock Exporters Council Limited;

                      (f)  the Goat Industry Council of Australia;

                     (g)  Red Meat Advisory Council Limited.

             (2)  Paragraph (1)(b) ceases to have effect on 1 April 2023.

7  Prescribed industry bodies—stage 2 commencement

                   For the purposes of section 59 of the Act, Cattle Australia Limited is prescribed.

Part 3—Gross value of production of the industry and payments by industry bodies

8  Gross value of production of the industry

             (1)  For the purposes of subsection 66(4) of the Act, the Secretary is to determine the amount of the gross value of production of the industry for a financial year as follows:

                     (a)  if the determination is made before the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) provides figures showing the gross value of live‑stock production for the previous financial year—in accordance with the formula:

                     (b)  if the determination is made after ABARES provides figures showing the gross value of live‑stock production for the previous financial year—in accordance with the formula:

where:

EGVLP1 is the estimated gross value of live‑stock production for the financial year (calculated using figures provided by ABARES).

EGVLP2 is the estimated gross value of live‑stock production for the previous financial year (calculated using figures provided by ABARES estimating the gross value of live‑stock production in that year).

GVLP2 is the gross value of live‑stock production for the previous financial year (calculated using figures provided by ABARES).

GVLP3 is the gross value of live‑stock production in the financial year before the previous financial year (calculated using figures provided by ABARES).

GVPI is the gross value of production of the industry for the financial year.

             (2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), the gross value of live‑stock production in a financial year is an amount equal to the sum of the gross values of:

                     (a)  cattle, sheep, lambs and goats slaughtered in that financial year; and

                     (b)  cattle, sheep, lambs and goats exported live in that financial year; and

                     (c)  sheep skins from which the wool has been removed in that financial year; and

                     (d)  hides produced in that financial year.

9  Payments that may be made by industry bodies

                   For the purposes of paragraphs 67(1)(c), (2)(c) and (3)(b) of the Act, the following payments are prescribed:

                     (a)  payments for a purpose connected with the setting of standards for meat classification and meat classification language for the industry;

                     (b)  payments for the purpose of managing an industry‑wide grading system;

                     (c)  payments for the purpose of managing industry‑wide meat safety and hygiene.

Part 4—Other matters

10  Industry bodies that may receive payments, assets and liabilities, or to which staff have transferred

                   For the purposes of Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997, the following industry bodies are prescribed:

                     (a)  Meat & Livestock Australia Limited;

                     (b)  Australian Meat Processor Corporation Limited;

                     (c)  Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited;

                     (d)  AUS‑MEAT Limited;

                     (e)  Red Meat Advisory Council Limited.