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HONEY LEVY (No. 2) AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 32 of 1988 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) "2.20 cents" and substituting "5
        cents";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

"(2A) The Board shall not make any recommendation to the Minister with respect
to the rate unless:

   (a)  it has consulted with the producers' organisation and with the
        packers' organisation in relation to the recommendation; and

   (b)  the producers' organisation has agreed to a new rate being prescribed.

"(2B) The Board shall not recommend to the Minister the prescribing of a rate
that exceeds the rate agreed to by the producers' organisation in
consultations with the Board in relation to the recommendation.".

(2) Nothing in subsection 5 (2A) or (2B) of the Principal Act as amended by
this Act affects the validity of regulations made under section 7 of the
Principal Act before the commencement of this Act.