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AUSTRALIAN WOOL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ORGANISATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)1997 NO. 266

STATUTORY RULES 1997 No. 266

Issued by the Authority of the Minister For Primary Industries and Energy

Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Act 1993

Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Regulations (Amendment)

The Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Act 1993 (the Act) objective is to improve the performance of the Australian wool industry by improving the application of funding for wool promotion and research and development relating to wool and the wool industry.

On behalf of the wool industry, the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation is currently responsible for funding the industry's share of certain activities carried out by the Australian Animal Health Council (AAHC) for Australia's livestock industries.

The AAHC was set up by the Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand to oversee animal health policy development and national program delivery in Australia. The predecessor program of the AAHC was the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultative Council (EXANDIS), prepared by the Department of Primary Industries and Energy.

The regulations provide for an amendment to the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation regulations and prescribes the amount to be contributed for the 1997-98 financial year by AWRAP on behalf of the wool industry.

Regulation l provides for an amendment to the Australian Wool Research and Promotion

Organisation Regulations.

Regulation 2 provides for removing regulation 5 of the AWRAP regulations which relates to the contribution for the 1995-96 and 1996-97 financial years. It provides a new regulation 5 which sets out the contribution to the costs of the AAHC for the 1997-98 financial year.

The regulations commence on gazettal.