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1996
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Live-stock
Slaughter Levy Amendment (AAHC) Bill
1996
No. ,
1996
(Primary Industries and
Energy)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964, and for related
purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to
amend the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act
1964, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment
(AAHC) Act 1996.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
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1 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
AAHC means the Australian Animal Health Council Limited,
A.C.N. 071-890-956.
2 At the end of section 6A
Add:
; (d) 0.33 cent or, if another amount (not more than 2 cents) is
prescribed by the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to
the AAHC.
3 At the end of section 6B
Add:
; (d) 0.33 cent or, if another amount (not more than 2 cents) is
prescribed by the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to
the AAHC.
4 Subsection 8(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an
amount for the purposes of section 6A (other than paragraph (d)), section 6B
(other than paragraph (d)) or section 6D is exercisable only after the
Governor-General has taken into consideration the recommendations about the
amount made to the Minister by the Meat Industry Council.
5 At the end of section 8
Add:
(5) If a declaration is in force under subsection (6), the power of the
Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of
paragraph 6A(d) or 6B(d) is exercisable only after the Governor-General has
taken into consideration any recommendations about the amount made to the
Minister by the body specified in the declaration.
(6) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a
body to be the body whose recommendations about the amount to be prescribed for
the purposes of paragraph 6A(d) or 6B(d) are to be taken into account under
subsection (5).
6 Application
Paragraphs 6A(d) and 6B(d) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964
as amended by this Act apply in respect of the slaughter of:
(a) each head of sheep slaughtered on or after 1 July 1996; and
(b) each head of lambs slaughtered on or after 1 July 1996.