Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DAIRY PRODUCE LEVY (No. 1) ACT 1986 No. 55 of 1986 - SECT 6

6. (1) Where the Minister receives a notice in writing from a member of the
Australian Agricultural Council asking the Minister to take action under this
sub-section, the Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the end of a
period of 60 days from the day on which the notice was received, cause a
notice to be published in the Gazette suspending, with effect from a day
specified in the notice, not being a day earlier than the day on which the
notice is published, the operation of sub-section 5 (1) so far as that
sub-section provides for the imposition of the market support levy on the milk
fat content of dairy produce that is produced on or after the specified day.

(2) The Minister shall not publish a notice under sub-section (1) on a request
if, within the period of 60 days referred to in that sub-section, a majority
of the members of the Australian Agricultural Council present at a meeting of
that Council determine that the request should not be complied with.

(3) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, revoke a notice
under sub-section (1) and, if the Minister does so, sub-section 5 (1) applies,
with effect from a day specified in the notice, not being a day earlier than
the day on which the notice is published, in relation to the milk fat content
of relevant dairy produce that is produced on or after the specified day.

(4) Sub-section 5 (1) does not have effect to impose the market support levy
on the milk fat content of relevant dairy produce that is produced on or after
the day specified in a notice under sub-section (1) and before the day
specified in a notice under sub-section (3) revoking that other notice.
(5) In this section, "Australian Agricultural Council" means the Council of
Ministers of the States, the Northern Territory and the Commonwealth who have
responsibilities in relation to the dairy industry.