Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may make and levy the following assessments in respect of milk and cream supplied to factories—
(a) in respect of milk—an amount not exceeding 0.15 of 1c on every litre, based on the volume of milk supplied;
(b) in respect of cream—an amount not exceeding 2.5c for each kilogram of butterfat based on the weight of butterfat contained in cream supplied.
(2) Different assessments may be made and levied under this section in respect of different factories.
(3) Every owner of a factory shall, in the first instance, pay the amount of any assessment made and levied under this section to the chief executive not later than 15 days after the last day of the month in which the milk or cream the subject of the assessment was supplied to the factory.
(4) All moneys received by the chief executive under this section shall be paid into and form part of the compensation fund.
(5) Notice of an assessment made under this section shall upon the making thereof be published in the gazette and thereupon the assessment shall be deemed to be duly made and levied and shall be payable as prescribed.
(5A) The Minister may from time to time by notice published in the gazette revoke or vary any assessment made and levied by the Minister under this section.
(6) The owner of a factory with respect to any assessment payable under this section—
(a) may deduct the amount thereof from any moneys due by the owner to the producer of the milk or cream in respect of which the assessment is made and levied, and that entitlement shall continue notwithstanding any change in the ownership of those moneys;
(b) may recover the amount thereof from the producer by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(7) In this section—
cream means cream produced from milk.
factory means premises where the business of processing milk or cream is carried on.
milk means the milk of—
(a) the bovine animal; or
(b) a prescribed animal.
owner of a factory means the person who carries on the business of processing milk or cream at the factory.
process, in relation to milk or cream, means a treatment or manufacturing process (other than a treatment or process of a kind excluded by regulation from the ambit of this definition).