79BPayments out of the Fund

79B Payments out of the Fund

(1) The Sheep and Goat Compensation Fund is to be applied—

S. 79B(1)(b) amended by No. 69/2004 s. 46(a).

(b) to the payment, in accordance with this Division, of costs incurred in connection with the transporting and destroying of any sheep or goats if the carcases of the sheep or goats are condemned as unfit for human consumption or if the sheep or goats are ordered to be destroyed but die before being destroyed;

S. 79B(1)(c) inserted by No. 69/2004 s. 46(b).

(c) to a payment granted under section 79HB.

S. 79B(2) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 56(a).

S. 79B(2)(a) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 56(b).

(a) administering the provisions of this Act relating to sheep and goats;

S. 79B(2)(b) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 56(c).

(b) programs and projects for the benefit of the sheep and goat industry in Victoria;

S. 79B(2)(c) inserted by No. 83/1998 s. 5, amended by No. 40/2019 s. 56(d).

(c) programs and projects for the control or eradication of disease of sheep or goats.

(3) The Minister must not make a payment under subsection (2) unless the Minister has considered any relevant recommendations from the Sheep and Goat Compensation Advisory Committee.

S. 79B(4) repealed by No. 57/2003 s. 5, new s. 79B(4) inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 123.

(4) A reference in subsection (2)(a) to payments for administering the provisions of this Act relating to sheep and goats includes payment of—

(b) costs incurred in appointing persons to the Sheep and Goat Compensation Advisory Committee; and

(c) fees and allowances payable to members of the Sheep and Goat Compensation Advisory Committee; and

(d) costs incurred in the provision of secretarial support to the Sheep and Goat Compensation Advisory Committee.

S. 79C inserted by No. 25/1997 s. 6, substituted
by Nos 57/2003 s. 6, 60/2012 s. 26.