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AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK CORPORATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 166

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 166

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977

Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Regulations (Amendment)

Relevant sections of the above Acts provide that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Acts and, in particular, provide for a levy (or payment in the case of cattle and wool) for exotic disease purposes. Relevant sections are as follows:

Section 52 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977

Section 77 of the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Act 1993

Section 9 of the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988

Section 11 of the Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969

The Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 establishes the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultative Council (EXANDIS) and provides financial assistance for purposes related to the control and eradication of exotic animal diseases.

The financial assistance is provided through a trust account which receives annual industry contributions of approximately $750,000 with expenditure of industry contributions from the account being matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to a maximum of $750,000 by the Commonwealth.

It is necessary to prescribe by regulation the operative EXANDIS levy rates for 1994-95. The Acts provide that before making regulations prescribing such rates, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendations made to the Minister by those members of EXANDIS nominated by the National Farmers' Federation (NFF). These recommendations have been received. The attached table shows the section of each Act relevant to the levies, the amount of each levy/payment as recommended and the maximum rates as specified in the relevant levy Acts.

All of the Regulations, which would implement the recommended rates, are to commence on 1 July 1994.

94R145
94R151
94R146
94R147

ATTACHMENT 1

EXANDIS - CONTRIBUTION RATES 1994-95

1. EXANDIS CONTRIBUTION VIA LEVY

LEGISLATION	LEVY	SPECIFIED MAXIMUM
Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986 (subsection 7(4A))	0.047 (cent/kg milk fat)	0.066
Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988 (paragraph 7(b))	0.24 (cent/laying chicken)	0.25
Live-stock Slaughter         Levy Act 1964 (section 6)	Buffaloes 3.0 (cents/head)          Sheep 0.10 (cent/head) Lambs 0.10 (      "      ) Goats 0.10  (      "      )	nil
Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969 (paragraph 7(1)(b))	0.016 (cent/meat chicken)	0.05
Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971 (paragraph 6(1)(c))	0.90 (cent/head)	1.5

2. EXANDIS CONTRIBUTION VIA DIRECT PAYMENT

LEGISLATION	COMMODITY	PAYMENT $
Australian Meat & Live-stock Corpn. Act 1977 (subsection 34A(1))	Cattle/calves	278,165
Australian Wool Research & Promotion         Organisation Act 1993 (section 79)	Wool	151,770