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LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 13

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 13

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Live-Stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964

Live-stock Slaughter Levy Regulations (Amendment)

The Live-stock Slaughter Levy Act 1964 (the Act) imposes a levy on the slaughter of sheep, lambs, buffalos and goats. The levy consists of four components, which raise funds for the following purposes:

(a)       financing of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC);

(b)       financing of the Meat Research Corporation (MRC);

(c)       financing of bovine disease eradication (buffaloes only); and

(d)       financing the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultative Council (EXANDIS).

These regulations will implement a reduction in the rate of the levy for bovine disease eradication on buffaloes. As a result of the success of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign, which has made the transition from an active to a monitoring phase, and the level of reserves in the National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account, the Cattle Council of Australia has recommended a decrease in the rate of the disease eradication component for buffaloes. The Minister for Primary Industries and Energy has accepted this recommendation. This reduction will have effect from 1 March 1993.

The present and proposed operative rates of levy on buffaloes and the prescribed maximum rates are as follows:




Buffalo
AMLC
MRC
Subtotal
Disease eradication       
EXANDIS
Total

Present rates      

              (per head)

$3.10
$2.00
$5.10
$1.20
$0.03
$6.33

Proposed rates      



$3.10
$2.00
$5.10
$0.73
$0.03
$5.83

Prescribed
maximum rates  



$2.00
$18.00
$5.00

The rates of levy on sheep, lambs and goats remain unchanged by these regulations.


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