{"id":"F2023L00241","name":"Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2024","slug":"australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":103869,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2023L00241-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n  This instrument is the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2024.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Other matters","content":"## Part 4—Other matters","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industry bodies that may receive payments, assets and liabilities, or to which staff have transferred","content":"#### 10 Industry bodies that may receive payments, assets and liabilities, or to which staff have transferred\n\n  For the purposes of Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997, the following industry bodies are prescribed:\n    (a) Meat & Livestock Australia Limited;\n    (b) Australian Meat Processor Corporation Limited;\n    (c) Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited;\n    (d) AUS‑MEAT Limited;\n    (e) Red Meat Advisory Council Limited.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation performs exactly the limited, technical function its title suggests: prescribing industry bodies for the purposes of the 1997 Act. It does not expand beyond the original intent of the parent Act, which was to facilitate the transition from statutory marketing authorities to industry-owned bodies."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 2 substantive provisions (sections 1 and 10)","No defined terms section","Minimal conditional logic – just a simple list of five named entities","Single cross-reference to the parent Act (1997 Act) and specific Parts of its Schedule 5","No exceptions, nested or otherwise","Straightforward declaratory structure ('the following industry bodies are prescribed')"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical regulation that tidies up loose ends from a major industry restructure that happened back in 1997.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe regulation names five specific industry bodies that can receive money, assets, liabilities, or transferred staff under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997. Think of it as updating the 'who gets what' list for the modern meat and livestock industry.\n\n**The five bodies named are:**\n- **Meat & Livestock Australia Limited** – the main marketing and research body for the industry\n- **Australian Meat Processor Corporation Limited** – represents meat processing companies\n- **Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited** – handles live export trade\n- **AUS-MEAT Limited** – sets standards for meat description and grading\n- **Red Meat Advisory Council Limited** – provides strategic advice across the sector\n\n**Who it affects:**\nPrimarily these five industry-owned companies (often called 'industry service companies' or 'peak bodies'). It also affects any staff, money, or property that might still need to be transferred between these organisations under the 1997 Act.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis ensures the 1997 Act remains workable today. That original Act dismantled old statutory marketing authorities (government-backed bodies that controlled how meat was sold) and replaced them with these modern, industry-owned companies. This 2024 regulation simply confirms which current companies fit into that framework, making sure the legal machinery for transfers and payments still functions correctly."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation does not expand or narrow substantive powers in the making Act within its text; it prescribes which industry bodies are eligible as recipients for purposes of Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 (Reg 10). It therefore implements and clarifies recipient identity under the Act rather than changing the Act’s stated scope (Reg 3, Reg 10)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with three operative provisions (name, authority, list of bodies).","Primary substantive effect is to list named recipients (Reg 10); no procedural detail provided.","Relies on cross‑reference to Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 for operative mechanics (Reg 3, Reg 10).","Legal effect depends on the content of the parent Act and Schedule 5, which are not reproduced here.","Low administrative discretion in recipient selection (list is prescriptive), but procedural implementation is delegated to the Act or other instruments."],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument names the regulations and, under the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997, prescribes a short list of five industry bodies as the only permissible recipients for payments, assets, liabilities or staff transfers under Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5. It affects those listed organisations and administrators who must make transfers under the Act; it designates recipients but does not itself effect transfers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024","history":"/api/acts/australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-meat-and-live-stock-industry-repeals-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2024/documents"}}