Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY AMENDMENT (AAHC) ACT 1996 No. 51, 1996 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1-Amendment of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 1 Subsection
4(1)
Insert:
AAHC means the Australian Animal Health Council Limited, A.C.N. 071-890-956. 2
At the end of section 6A
Add:
; (d) 0.33 cent or, if another amount (not more than 2 cents) is prescribed by
the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to the AAHC. 3
At the end of section 6B
Add:
; (d) 0.33 cent or, if another amount (not more than 2 cents) is prescribed by
the regulations, the other amount, for the purpose of payment to the AAHC. 4
Subsection 8(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an
amount for the purposes of section 6A (other than paragraph (d)), section 6B
(other than paragraph (d)) or section 6D is exercisable only after the
Governor-General has taken into consideration the recommendations about the
amount made to the Minister by the Meat Industry Council. 5 At the end of
section 8
Add:

(5) If a declaration is in force under subsection (6), the power of the
Governor-General to make regulations prescribing an amount for the purposes of
paragraph 6A(d) or 6B(d) is exercisable only after the Governor-General has
taken into consideration any recommendations about the amount made to the
Minister by the body specified in the declaration.

(6) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a body to be
the body whose recommendations about the amount to be prescribed for the
purposes of paragraph 6A(d) or 6B(d) are to be taken into account under
subsection (5). 6 Application
Paragraphs 6A(d) and 6B(d) of the Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 as
amended by this Act apply in respect of the slaughter of:

   (a)  each head of sheep slaughtered on or after the first day of the month
        next following the end of the period of 30 days beginning on the day
        on which this Act commences; and

   (b)  each head of lambs slaughtered on or after that day.