Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 - SECT 81

Payments out of the Fund

81. Payments out of the Fund



(1) The Swine Compensation Fund is to be applied-

   (a)  to the payment, in accordance with this Division, of claims for
        compensation;

   (b)  to the payment, in accordance with this Division, of costs incurred in
        connection with the transporting and destroying of any pig if the
        carcase of the pig is condemned as unfit for human consumption or if
        the pig is ordered to be destroyed but dies before being destroyed.

(2) The Minister may make payments from the Fund for projects for the benefit
of the swine industry in Victoria.

(3) The Minister must not make a payment under subsection (2) unless the
Minister has considered any relevant recommendations from the Swine Industry
Projects Advisory Committee.

(4) The appropriate Minister must not make a payment under subsection (2)
unless, if the proposed payment was made, the amount standing to the credit of
the Fund, immediately after the payment would be at least $500 000.

(5) If the Fund is insufficient to pay any amount of compensation payable out
of the Fund and the Treasurer certifies that the amount is required for the
payment of compensation under this section, the amount is to be paid out of
the Consolidated Fund which is, to the necessary extent, appropriated
accordingly.