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LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1995 NO. 207

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 207

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

Live-stock Export Charge Act 19 77

Live-stock Export Charge Regulations (Repeal)

Section 13 of the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act,

The Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 imposes a charge on the export of sheep, lambs, buffaloes and goats.

The charge imposed by the Act raises funds for the following purposes:

(a)       financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC)

(b)       financing of the Meat Research Corporation (MRC)

(c)        financing of bovine disease eradication (this applies only to buffaloes under the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977).

The Live-stock Export Charge Amendment Act 1995 amends the Act from 1 July 1995 by including reference in the Act of the rate components of the, charge applicable from 1 July 1995, unless prescribed in future Regulations. The total amount of charge imposed remains the same although a new component is introduced, which is intended to finance the Meat Industry Council (the new industry policy body established under the Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995), and the AMLC component is reduced by a matching amount.

The purpose of the Live-stock Export Charge Regulations (the Regulations) has been to prescribe the rates for charge components on the export of sheep, lambs, goats and buffalo. However, the Regulations will become redundant with the amendments to the Act. The repeal of these Regulations will complete the break between the manner in which the charge regime was originally imposed under the Act, and how the regime is imposed under the amended Act.

Details of the Live-stock Export Charge Regulations (Repeal) are as follows:

Regulation 1 - Commencement

This regulation provides for the Regulations to commence at the same time as the amendments to the principal Act on 1 July 1995.

Regulation 2 - Repeal of Live-stock Export Charge Regulation

This regulation provides for the repeal of the Statutory Rules 1978 No. 145 and subsequent amendments.