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HORSE DISEASE RESPONSE LEVY BILL 2008
2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
A Bill for an Act to impose a levy on the
registration of horses, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Definitions .......................................................................................... 1
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Imposition of levy............................................................................... 2
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Rate of levy......................................................................................... 2
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Who pays the levy .............................................................................. 2
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Declaration of horse industry body..................................................... 2
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Act does not impose levy on property of a State ................................ 3
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Regulations ......................................................................................... 3
Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008 No. , 2008 1
A Bill for an Act to impose a levy on the
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registration of horses, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Horse Disease Response Levy Act
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2008.
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2 Commence ment
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This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 Definitions
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In this Act:
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horse includes a pony.
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Section 4
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horse industry body means a body declared to be a horse industry
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body under subsection 7(1).
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horse registration body means:
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(a) a person or body in Australia with whom a horse may be
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registered; or
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(b) a person or body specified in, or included in a class of
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persons or bodies specified in, the regulations.
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owner, in relation to a horse, means the person who will become,
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on registration of the horse, the registered owner.
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4 Imposition of levy
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(1) Horse disease response levy is imposed on the first registration of a
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horse with a horse registration body that occurs on or after the day
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on which this Act commences.
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(2) Horse disease response levy is not imposed on any subsequent
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registration of the horse, even if a subsequent registration is with
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another horse registration body.
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5 Rate of levy
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(1) The regulations may fix a rate of horse disease response levy.
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(2) The regulations may provide that the rate of horse disease response
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levy is zero.
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6 Who pays the levy
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Horse disease response levy is payable by the owner of a horse.
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7 Declaration of horse industry body
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(1) If the Minister considers that a body is a national body which is
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representative of the horse industry, the Minister may, by writing,
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declare the body to be a horse industry body.
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(2) A declaration is not a legislative instrument.
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Section 8
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(1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging
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to a State.
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(2) In this section:
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property of any kind belonging to a State has the same meaning as
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in section 114 of the Constitution.
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(3) For the purposes of this section, it is to be assumed that a reference
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in section 114 of the Constitution to a State includes a reference to
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the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
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9 Regulations
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(1) The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
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(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
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giving effect to this Act.
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(2) Before the Governor-General makes regulations for the purpose of
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section 5, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant
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recommendations made to the Minister by a horse industry body.
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