Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 60, 1984 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 8 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 Meat Exporter and Abattoir Consultative Group'' and substituting
        ''the Cattle Council of Australia, the Sheepmeat Council of Australia,
        the Australian Meat Exporters' Federal Council, the Australian
        Meatworks' Federal Council, the Council of Australian Public Abattoir
        Authorities, the Meat and Allied Trades Federation of Australia''; and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (4) ''the Corporation shall consult the
        Producer Consultative Group, the
        Meat Exporter and Abattoir 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 Meat Exporters' Federal Council,
        the Australian Meatworks' Federal Council, the Council of Australian
        Public Abattoir Authorities, the Meat and Allied Trades Federation of
        Australia''.

(2) Section 8 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 6 (1) (a), 6A
(1) (a), 6B (1) (a), 6C (1) (a), 6D (1) (a), 6E (1) (a) or 6F (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.''.