AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK (DISEASE CONTROL FUNDING) ACT 1998 - As at 1 July 2023 - Act 139 of 1998

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Notes

PART 2 - DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMS

• 5 Nature of disease control program
• 6 Approval of funding under this Act for disease control program
• 7 Standing Disease Control Advisory Committee
• 8 Industry advisory committees

PART 3 - INDUSTRY FUNDING

Division 1 - Industry funds

• 8A Fund administrators
• 9 Establishment of industry fund for designated disease control programs
• 10 Purpose of industry fund
• 11 Payments into industry fund
• 12 Payments out of industry fund

Division 2 - Contribution based funding

• 12A Making of non-transaction based contributions
Subdivision 2 - Transaction based contribution schemes
• 12B Establishment of transaction based contribution schemes
• 12C Collection of transaction based contributions
• 12D Entitlements to services under designated disease control program
• 12E Refunds of transaction based contributions

Division 3 - Industry levy based funding

• 13 Imposition of industry levy
• 14 Liability to pay industry levy
• 15 Levy period
• 16 Amount of industry levy

PART 4 - (Repealed)

PART 5 - COLLECTION OF INDUSTRY LEVIES

• 21 Application
• 22 Obtaining information from Local Land Services
• 23 Local Land Services required to collect industry levies
• 24 Application of Local Land Services Act 2013

PART 5A - ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF FUNDING DECISIONS BY CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

• 25 Administrative review of industry levy based funding decisions
• 25A Administrative review of transaction based contribution funding decisions

PART 6 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDUSTRY FUNDS

• 26 Investment of money in industry funds
• 26A Deficits in industry funds
• 27 Internal loans between industry funds
• 28 Appointment of agents to administer expenditure from industry funds
• 28A Fund administrator to provide report to Secretary for operations for each financial year
• 29 Audit of industry funds
• 30 Annual reports by Secretary
• 30A Winding up of industry funds

PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 31 Act to bind the Crown
• 31A Offences by corporations
• 32 Proceedings for offences
• 32A Delegation
• 33 Regulations
• 34 Savings, transitional and other provisions
• 35 Review of Act
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2