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Pig Slaughter 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
prescribed maximum rate of levy of 50 cents per slaughtered
pig.
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.
A levy is imposed on the slaughter at an abattoir of pigs for
sale for human consumption by the Pig Slaughter Levy Act
1971 (the Principal Act).
Section 6 of the Principal Act provides:
(1) The rate of the levy in respect of pigs slaughtered on or
after 1 July 1975 is an amount of each pig slaughtered equal to the
aggregate of:
(a) such amount (not exceeding $1) as is prescribed for the
purposes of this paragraph;
(b) such amount (not exceeding $2.50) as is prescribed for the
purposes of this paragraph; and
(c) such amount (not exceeding 1.5 cents) as is prescribed for
the purposes of this paragraph.
A new paragraph 6(1)(c) is substituted into the Principal Act by
item 2 of Schedule 1 of the Bill which provides
for the purpose of funding the AAHC a prescribed maximum rate of
levy of 50 cents per slaughtered pig.
New subsections 6(4) and 6(5) are inserted in the Principal Act
by item 3 of Schedule 1 of the Bill. Proposed
subsection 6(4) requires the Governor-General, before making
regulations prescribing a rate of levy for the purpose of funding
the AAHC, to take into consideration any recommendations about the
amount made to the Minister by a body specified in a Ministerial
declaration. Proposed subsection 6(5) accords the Minister power to
declare a body, by notice in the Gazette, as a body whose
recommendations are to be taken into consideration.
Ian Ireland Ph. 06 277 2438
18 July 1996
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