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AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK CORPORATION (ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 255

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 255

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy.

Subject -Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977

Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (Annual General Meeting of the Industry) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 52 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by the Act, or necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

Section 30J of the Act specified that a register of producers of live-stock must be established and maintained by the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation. The purpose of this register is to detennine voting entitlements at annual general meetings of the industry. The manner of maintaining the register is established by the Regulations.

The Cattle Industry Legislation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 amended the Act to provide for two registers to replace the register of producers of live-stock: a register of producers of live-stock, other than cattle, and a register of producers of cattle. This separation of the registers reflects the revised levy arrangements, with the cattle industry no longer covered by the same levy legislation as the rest of the meat industry (sheep, goats, buffalo).

The proposed (Amendment) Regulations carry through this change to the regulations which determine the manner of maintaining the registers.

The proposed (Amendment) Regulations will commence on the day on which they are gazetted following Executive Council approval.