Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 62, 1984 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an
amount for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in sub-section (3) shall be
exercised only on advice of the Executive Council, being advice that has taken
into consideration any recommendations with respect to the amount furnished to
the Minister by the Corporation.

''(2A) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an
amount for the purposes of a paragraph referred to in sub-section (4) shall be
exercised only on advice of the Executive Council, being advice that has taken
into consideration any recommendations with respect to the amount furnished to
the Minister by the Australian Meat Research Committee.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (3) ''the Producer Consultative Group,
        the Live-stock Exporters Consultative Group'' and substituting '' the
        Cattle Council of Australia, the Sheepmeat Council of Australia, the
        Australian Livestock Exporters' Association''; and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (4) ''the Corporation shall consult the
        Producer Consultative Group, the
        Live-stock Exporters Consultative Group, the Australian Meat Research
        Committee,'' and substituting ''the Australian Meat Research Committee
        shall consult the Cattle Council of Australia, the Sheepmeat Council
        of Australia, the Australian Livestock Exporters' Association''.

(2) Section 13 of the Principal Act is further amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''any'' and substituting ''the''; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(3) The Corporation shall not make a recommendation to the Minister in
relation to regulations to be made for the purposes of paragraph 7 (1) (a), 8
(1) (a), 9 (1) (a), 10 (1) (a) or 11 (1) (a)-

   (a)  if a motion that the terms of the recommendation be endorsed has not
        been put before the annual general meeting of the industry convened
        under section 30B of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation
        Act 1977 that most immediately precedes the making of that
        recommendation; or

   (b)  in a case where such a motion is so put-if, by virtue of the
        application of sub-section 30G (5) of the Australian Meat and
        Live-stock Corporation Act 1977, the motion is defeated.

''(3A) The Corporation shall, at the time of making a recommendation of the
kind referred to in sub-section (3) to the Minister, give the Minister
particulars in writing of the voting in respect of the motion that the terms
of the recommendation be endorsed.''.