24Assessment of average liveweight for inputs into the Calculator

24 Assessment of average liveweight for inputs into the Calculator

(1) For this determination:

(a) each livestock class of a group or subgroup that requires an input into the Herd Management Calculator under Inputs 2(b), 2(d), 3(b), 4(d), 5(d), 6(b) or 7(d) of Schedule 1 is an input group; and

(b) the date in relation to which the input is required is the input date.

Note: The input dates are the assessment days that begin and end the calculation year together with either:

(a) the days on which animals entered or left the herd; or

(b) the days on which the animals are taken to have entered or left the herd under subclause (7) of Schedule 1 (the mid-point days of each month).

(2) For the purpose of establishing the average liveweight of an input group for an input date, the project proponent may either treat the input group as a single weighing group or divide it into several weighing groups, each of which is dealt with by one of the methods set out in section 25.

Note: A project proponent might wish to do this to apply different methods under subsection 25(1) to different weighing groups. See the examples at the end of that subsection.

(3) If an input group is divided into several weighing groups, the average liveweight of the input group is the weighted average of the average liveweight of the weighing groups.

(4) If, for an assessment year of a herd, the average liveweight of any input group is not available in accordance with this section and section 25, equation 2 is taken to give an abatement amount for the herd (Image unavailable in extracted text of zero for that assessment year.