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Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries)
Funding Amendment Bill 1997
Date Introduced: 5 March 1997
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Primary Industries and Energy
Commencement: Royal Assent
To require the Commonwealth to pay specified amounts of levy it
has collected on behalf of the dairy industry to Australian Animal
Health Council Ltd.
The reader is referred to the Digest for the Dairy Produce Levy
(No. 1) Amendment Bill 1997
The effect of the expansion of the definition of Australian
Animal Health Council levy proposed by item 1 of Schedule 1 of the
Bill to include the Australian Animal Health Council levy specified
in the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986. This will
require the Commonwealth to pay the Australian Animal Health
Council Ltd amounts from the Consolidated Revenue Fund equal to
what it has collected from the levy or as penalty for non-payment
of levy.
Ian Ireland
5 May 1997
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ISSN 1328-8091
Commonwealth of Australia 1997
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