Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 102 RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3

3.1 After regulation 9B, insert: Attachment of meat chicken levy

"9C. (1) In this regulation and in regulation 9D:
'meat chicken' has the same meaning as in the Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969;
'meat chicken industry' means the part of the primary industry specified in
paragraph 3 (1) (c) that is concerned with the raising of meat chickens, the
production and processing of chicken meat, and the distribution and sale of
chicken meat and chicken meat products.



"(2) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, levy imposed by
section 5 of the Meat Chicken Levy Act 1969 is attached to the Corporation.



"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, so much of the levy
as is payable because of the operation of paragraph 7 (1) (a) of the Meat
Chicken Levy Act 1969 is the research component.



"(4) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the meat chicken
industry is the primary industry to which the levy relates.

Accounting records for meat chicken levy

"9D. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (a) of the Act, the Corporation
is to keep separate accounting records of the funding of R & D activities
relating to the meat chicken industry.



"(2) For the purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (b) of the Act, the following
amounts are to be credited in the accounting records kept under subregulation
(1):

   (a)  amounts of levy referred to in subregulation 9C (2) that are received
        by the Commonwealth under the Collection Act and paid to the
        Corporation under paragraph 30 (1) (a) of the Act;

   (b)  amounts paid to the Corporation by the Commonwealth under paragraph 30
        (1) (b) of the Act;

   (c)  amounts received by the Corporation as contributions to the cost of R
        & D activities relating to the meat chicken industry;

   (d)  amounts received by the Corporation:

        (i)    from the sale of property paid for by moneys spent by the
               Corporation under section 33 of the Act on R & D activities
               relating to the meat chicken industry; or

        (ii)   from the sale of property produced in the course of carrying
               out R & D activities relating to that industry; or

        (iii)  from dealing in patents or other intellectual property arising
               out of the carrying out of R & D activities relating to that
               industry; or

        (iv)   for work paid for by moneys spent by the Corporation under
               section 33 of the Act on R & D activities relating that
               industry;

   (e)  amounts paid to the Corporation as interest on investment of an amount
        referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d).



"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (b) of the Act, all amounts spent
under section 33 of the Act in relation to the meat chicken industry are to be
debited in the accounting records kept under subregulation (1).



"(4) For the purposes of subsection 40 (2) of the Act, the only R & D
activities on which amounts credited under subregulation (2) can be spent are
R & D activities in relation to the meat chicken industry.

Attachment of the laying chicken levy

"9E. (1) In this regulation and in regulation 9F:
'egg industry' means the primary industry specified in paragraph 3 (1) (g).



"(2) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, levy imposed by
section 4 of the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988 is attached to the Corporation.



"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (a) of the Act, so much of the levy
as is payable because of the operation of paragraph 7 (a) of the Laying 
Chicken Levy Act 1988 is the research component.



"(4) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (3) (b) of the Act, the egg industry is
the primary industry to which the levy relates.

Accounting records for laying chicken levy

"9F. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (a) of the Act, the Corporation
is to keep separate accounting records of the funding of R & D activities
relating to the egg industry.



"(2) For the purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (b) of the Act, the following
amounts are to be credited in the accounting records kept under subregulation
(1):

   (a)  amounts of levy referred to in subregulation 9E (2) that are received
        by the Commonwealth under the Collection Act and paid to the
        Corporation under paragraph 30 (1) (a) of the Act;

   (b)  amounts paid to the Corporation by the Commonwealth under paragraph 30
        (1) (b) of the Act;

   (c)  amounts received by the Corporation as contributions to the cost of R
        & D activities relating to the egg industry;

   (d)  amounts received by the Corporation:

        (i)    from the sale of property paid for by moneys spent by the
               Corporation under section 33 of the Act on R & D activities
               relating to the egg industry; or

        (ii)   from the sale of property produced in the course of carrying
               out R & D activities relating to that industry; or

        (iii)  from dealing in patents or other intellectual property arising
               out of the carrying out of R & D activities relating to that
               industry; or

        (iv)   for work paid for by moneys spent by the Corporation under
               section 33 of the Act on R & D activities relating that
               industry;

   (e)  amounts paid to the Corporation as interest on investment of an amount
        referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d).



"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (b) of the Act, all amounts spent
under section 33 of the Act in relation to the egg industry are to be debited
in the accounting records kept under subregulation (1).

"(4) For the purposes of subsection 40 (2) of the Act, the only R & D
activities on which amounts credited under subregulation (2) can be spent are
R & D activities in relation to the egg industry.".