13Imposition of industry levy

13 Imposition of industry levy

13 Imposition of industry levy

(1) The Minister may (but need not) authorise the imposition of an industry levy to assist the funding of any designated disease control program.

(2) The Minister may give such an authorisation if—

(a) the Minister is satisfied, having regard to advice of the industry advisory committee concerned, that the relevant industry fund may not be sufficient to fund the necessary program, and

(b) the Minister is satisfied that the relevant livestock industry has been consulted concerning the imposition of the levy.

(3) Any such authorisation is to be given by an order of the Minister published in the Gazette.

(4) The Secretary is to impose industry levies in accordance with this Act if authorised to do so by any such order of the Minister.

(5) A statement in an order giving any such authorisation that the Minister has complied with the requirement of subsection (2) is conclusive evidence of compliance with that requirement.

(6) Sections 40 (Notice of statutory rules to be tabled) and 41 (Disallowance of statutory rules) of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to an order giving any such authorisation in the same way as they apply to a statutory rule.

s 13: Am 2004 No 45, Sch 1 [5] [17].