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LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 12

LIVE-STOCK EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 12

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 12

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Live-Stock Export Charge Act 1977

Live-stock Export Charge Regulations (Amendment)

The Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977 (the Act) imposes a charge on the export of sheep, lambs, buffalos and goats from Australia. The charge consists of three components, which raise funds for the following purposes:

(a) financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC);

(b) financing of the Meat Research Corporation (MRC); and

(c) financing of bovine disease eradication (buffaloes only).

These regulations will implement a reduction in the rate of the charge for bovine disease eradication on buffaloes. As a result of the success of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign, which has made the transition from an active to a monitoring phase, and the level of reserves in the National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account, the Cattle Council of Australia has recommended a decrease in the rate of the disease eradication component for buffaloes. The Minister for Primary Industries and Energy has accepted this recommendation. This reduction will have effect from 1 March 1993.

The present and proposed operative rates of charge on buffaloes and the prescribed maximum rates are as follows:







Buffalo

AMLC

MRC

Subtotal

Disease eradication       

Total

Present rates      



              (per head)



$3.10

$2.00

$5.10

$1.20

$6.30

Proposed rates      







$3.10

$2.00

$5.10

$0.73

$5.83

Prescribed

maximum rates  







$2.00

$18.00

$5.00

The rates of charge on sheep, lambs and goats remain unchanged by these Regulations.

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