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Meat Chicken Levy Amendment (AAHC) Bill
1996
Date Introduced: 26 June 1996
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Primary Industries and Energy
Commencement: Royal Assent
To fund the Australian Animal Health Council Limited at a
maximum rate of levy of 0.05 cents per meat chicken.
Refer to the Digest for the Australian Animal Health Council
(Live-stock Industries) Funding Bill 1996.
The term 'AAHC' is defined by item 1 of Schedule
1 of the Bill to mean the Australian Animal Health Council
Limited, A.C.N. 071-890-956.
Section 7 of the Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969 (the
Principal Act) provides:
(1) The rate of levy is an amount in respect of each meat
chicken equal to the sum of:
(a) such amount, not exceeding one cent, as is prescribed for
the purposes of this paragraph; and
(b) such amount, not exceeding 0.05 cent, as is prescribed for
the purposes of this paragraph
A new paragraph 7(1)(b) is substituted into the Principal Act by
item 2 of Schedule 1 which provides for the
purpose of funding the AAHC a maximum rate of levy of 0.05 cents
per meat chicken.
New subsections 7(3) and 7(4) are substituted into the Principal
Act by item 3 of Schedule 1 of the Bill. Proposed
subsection 7(3) provides requires the Governor-General, before
making regulations prescribing a rate of levy under paragraph
7(1)(b) (see above), to take into consideration any recommendations
about the rate made to the Minister by the Australian Chicken Meat
Federation or a specified body. Proposed subsection 7(3) also
provides that the rate set by regulation must not exceed the amount
last recommended to the Minister by the Australian Chicken Meat
Federation or a specified body.
Proposed subsection 7(4) accords the Minister power to declare a
body, by notice in the Gazette, as a body to represent the
Australian chicken meat industry.
Ian Ireland Ph. 06 277 2438
18 July 1996
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