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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION (DEER AND DEER VELVET) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 309

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 309

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Deer Slaughter Levy Act 1992

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Deer and Deer Velvet) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 9 of the Deer Slaughter Levy Act 1992 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed.

The purpose of the regulations is to decrease the operative rate of levy for deer slaughter under paragraph 7 (4) (b) of the Act from 18 cents per kilogram of slaughtered deer to 15.5 cents per kilogram of slaughtered deer. The deer slaughter levy is used for research and development purposes. The Deer Farmer's Federation of Australia has sought this reduction so that 2.5 cents per kilogram of slaughtered deer can be used to fund the full cost of a chemical residue monitoring program.

Access to certain markets requires participation in an official national chemical residue monitoring program, as is the case for meat products into export markets. Regulations covering the 2.5 cents per kilogram of slaughtered deer for the purposes of the National Residue Survey are the subject of a separate submission.

This rate of levy is effective from the date of gazettal, and is consistent with the wishes of the Deer Farmer's Federation of Australia, the recognised representative industry organisation, in accordance with its current commitment to the National Residue Survey.