1996

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Australian Animal Health Council (Live‑stock Industries) Funding Bill 1996

No.      , 1996

(Primary Industries and Energy)

A Bill for an Act to direct funds to the Australian Animal Health Council, and for related purposes

  
9608120—975/21.6.1996—(81/96)    Cat. No. 96 4774 0    ISBN 0644 442263

Contents
1	Short title	
2	Commencement	
3	Definitions	
4	Transfer of funds to Australian Animal Health Council	
5	Appropriation	

A Bill for an Act to direct funds to the Australian Animal Health Council, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  	Short title
		This Act may be cited as the Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996.
2  	Commencement
		This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3  Definitions
		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 a provision set out in the following table:

Australian Animal Health Council levy	
Item	Act	Provision	
1	Cattle Export Charges Act 1990	paragraphs 6A(1)(f), 6A(2)(f), 6A(3)(e)	
2	Cattle Transaction Levy Act 1995	paragraphs 5(1)(f), 5(2)(f)	
3	Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988	paragraph 7(b)	
4	Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977	paragraphs 8(d), 9(d)	
5	Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964	paragraphs 6A(d), 6B(d)	
6	Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969	paragraph 7(1)(b)	
7	Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971	paragraph 6(1)(c)	
4  Transfer of funds to Australian Animal Health Council
		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.
5  Appropriation
		Amounts payable to the Australian Animal Health Council under section 4 are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.