Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 2861

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 (Quotas) Act 1990.

Dated 25 October 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

 

 

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Regulations 2000.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definitions

  In these Regulations:

Act means the Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Act 1990.

quota year means:

 (a) for high quality beef exports to the European Union — 1 July to 30 June;

 (b) for lamb exports to the United States of America — 22 July to 21 July;

 (c) for sheepmeat and goatmeat exports to the European Union — 1 January to 31 December.

4 Quota fees

 (1) For paragraph 6 (2) (a) of the Act, the fee payable by a licensee for allocation of a quota in a quota year is 0.8 cents for each kilogram of quota entitlement allocated to the licensee in the quota year.

 (2) The fee is payable to:

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia

  Quota Administration and Statistics Unit

  GPO Box 858

  CANBERRA ACT 2601

  fax: 02 6272 4585.

 

Note

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 November 2000.