Pig Slaughter Levy Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986

No. 159 of 1986

An Act to amend the Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971

[Assented to 18 December 1986]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Pig Slaughter Levy Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986.

(2) The Pig Slaughter Levy Act 19711 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of sub-section 2 (2) of the Pig Industry Act 1986.

Interpretation

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of “abattoir” the following definition:

“ ‘Corporation’ means the Australian Pork Corporation referred to in the Pig Industry Act 1986;”; and

(b) by omitting the definition of “Promotion Committee”.

Rate of the levy

4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “$1” and substituting “$1.50”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3) “Promotion Committee” and substituting “Corporation”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (3) “that Committee” and substituting “the Corporation”.

NOTE

1. No. 28, 1971, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 45, 1975; No. 111, 1978; Nos. 51 and 61, 1981; No. 56, 1984; No. 103, 1985; and No. 25, 1986.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 23 October 1986

Senate on 25 November 1986]