Commonwealth act

Butter Fat Levy Act (No. 2) 1965

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

129 of 1965

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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Purpose: Updates butter fat levy amounts from pre-decimal currency (pence) to decimal currency (cents) to ensure continuity when Australia converted to dollars and cents in 1966.

Key changes:

Replaces 14.5 pence with Twelve cents in subsection 6(2)
Replaces 28.75 pence with Twenty-four cents in subsection 6(3)

Who it affects: Dairy producers, manufacturers and other entities required to pay levies on butter fat under the principal 1965 Act.

Why it matters: Prevents legal uncertainty by ensuring the levy remained enforceable with precise amounts expressed in the new decimal currency system rather than the old pounds, shillings and pence.

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Butter Fat Levy Act (No. 2) 1965

Butter Fat Levy (No. 2)

No. 129 of 1965

An Act to amend the Butter Fat Levy Act 1965 in relation to Decimal Currency.

[Assented to 18 December, 1965]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Butter Fat Levy Act (No. 2) 1965.

(2.) The Butter Fat Levy Act 1965, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Butter Fat Levy Acts 1965.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.

Amount of levy.

Section 6 of the Butter Fat Levy Act 1965 is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the figures and word “14.5 pence” and inserting in their stead the words “Twelve cents”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the figures and word “28.75 pence” and inserting in their stead the words “Twenty-four cents”.

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