Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) COLLECTION ACT 1979 No. 46, 1979 - SECT 8

8. (1) Where the liability of a person to pay any charge is not discharged on
or before the date on which the charge is due for payment, that person, in
addition to his liability to pay that charge, is liable to pay, by way of
penalty, an amount calculated at the rate of 10% per annum upon that charge or
upon that part of that charge from time to time remaining unpaid, to be
computed from the date on which that amount became due for payment.

(2) Where-

   (a)  the proprietor of an abattoir has received from another person an
        amount in respect of charge payable by that other person on the
        slaughter of live-stock at that abattoir; and

   (b)  the charge is due for payment but has not been paid in full to the
        Commonwealth, the proprietor is liable, in addition to any other
        liability under this Act, to pay to the Commonwealth, by way of
        penalty, an amount calculated at the rate of 10% per annum upon the
        amount so received by him, less any part of the charge paid by him on
        behalf of that other person, to be computed from the date on which the
        charge became due for payment or the date on which he received that
        amount, whichever is the later.

(3) The Minister or, subject to sub-section (4), an authorized person, may, in
a particular case, for a reason that the Minister or the authorized person, as
the case may be, in his discretion, thinks sufficient, remit the whole or a
part of an amount payable under this section.

(4) A remission granted under sub-section (3) by an authorized person shall
not exceed $100.