Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Dairy Industry Stabilization Levy Amendment Act 1983 No. 66 of 1983 - SECT 3

3. (1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended-

         (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''buttermilk
powder'' and substituting the following definition:

'' 'buttermilk powder' means-

   (a)  powder produced by the removal of water from buttermilk, being powder
        containing not less than 4.5% of fat and not more than 5% of moisture;
        or

   (b)  so much of a powder produced by the removal of water from a mixture of
        buttermilk and another substance or other substances, being powder
        containing-

        (i)    not less than 25% of a substance having the same composition as
               powder of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (ii)   not less than 4.5% of fat and not more than 5% of moisture,

as consists of the substance having the same composition as powder of the kind
referred to in paragraph (a);''; and

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''whole milk
        powder'' and substituting the following definition:

'' 'whole milk powder' means-

   (a)  powder produced by the removal of water from milk, being powder
        containing not less than 26% of fat and not more than 5% of moisture;
        or

   (b)  so much of a powder produced by the removal of water from a mixture of
        milk and another substance or other substances, being powder
        containing-

        (i)    not less than 25% of a substance having the same composition as
               powder of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (ii)   not less than 26% of fat and not more than 5% of moisture,

as consists of the substance having the same composition as powder of the kind
referred to in paragraph (a).''.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1), in so far as they affect the
imposition under the Dairy Industry Stabilization Levy Act 1977 of levy on
dairy products produced at a factory, do not apply in relation to dairy
products so produced before the first day of the month immediately following
the month in which this Act receives the Royal Assent.