New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1978 - SECT 59J

59J Collection of meat industry levies

(1) The Food Authority may enter into an agreement or arrangement with an authority or the State Council within the meaning of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 for or with respect to the issue of notices specifying the amount of a meat industry levy and the undertaking by authorities on behalf of the Food Authority of the collection and recovery of meat industry levies.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), an agreement or arrangement referred to in subsection (1) may:

(a) provide for the deduction of commission by an authority, and

(b) authorise an authority to take any action or proceedings which could be taken by the Food Authority to recover unpaid meat industry levies under this Act.