Statutory Rules 1998    No. 1071

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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Regulations 1998

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 and the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997.

Dated 20 May 1998.

 WILLIAM DEANE
 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

john anderson

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

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Name of Regulations

 1. These Regulations are the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Regulations 1998.

Commencement

 2. These Regulations commence when Part 3 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 commences.

Definition

 3. In these Regulations:

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

Prescribed industry bodies

 4. For section 59 of the Industry Act, the following bodies are prescribed:

 (a) the Sheepmeat Council of Australia Inc.;

 (b) the Cattle Council of Australia Inc.;

 (c) the Australian Lot Feeders Association;

 (d) the National Meat Association of Australia;

 (e) the Australian Meat Council Ltd;

 (f) the Australian Livestock Exporters Council Limited;

 (g) the Goat Industry Council of Australia;

 (h) the Red Meat Advisory Council Limited.

Gross value of production of the industry

 5. (1) For subsection 66 (4) of the Industry Act, the Secretary must determine the amount of the gross value of production of the industry for a financial year:

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

; and

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

; and

where:

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

EGVLP1 is the estimated gross value of live-stock production for the financial year (calculated using figures provided by ABARE);

EGVLP2 is the estimated gross value of live-stock production for the previous financial year (calculated using figures provided by ABARE 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 ABARE);

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

 (2) For subregulation (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.

Payments that may be made by the marketing body

 6. For paragraphs 67 (1) (c), 67 (2) (c) and 67 (3) (b) of the Industry 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.

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

 7. For 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.

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 May 1998.