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This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.
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This Act authorises the Commonwealth to impose excise-style levies on a wide range of primary industry products and activities by listing specific levies in Schedules 1–26 and by permitting regulations to create additional levies under Schedule 27. It sets the mechanical rules: who pays (commonly producers, owners, processors or intermediaries), how rates are expressed (per unit, weight or percentage of value), and allows Ministers and prescribed industry bodies to recommend or consult on rates and exemptions. It matters because it creates statutory collection points, allocates costs to market participants and delegates rate-setting and exemption discretion to regulators and industry bodies.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.
This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on 1 July 1999. (2) Schedule 26 commences on 1 January 2000.
The following is a simplified outline of this Act:
• This Act authorises the imposition of primary industries levies that are duties of excise.
• Each of Schedules 1 to 26 imposes a particular levy and makes provision for:
(a) the operative rate of the levy; and
(b) the maximum rate of the levy; and
(c) the person who is liable to pay the levy; and
(d) any exemptions from the levy.
• Schedule 27 allows the regulations to impose levies. In addition to imposing a particular levy, regulations under Schedule 27 are to set out:
(a) the operative rate of the levy; and
(b) the person who is liable to pay the levy; and
(c) any exemptions from the levy.
• Schedule 27 also deals with the maximum rate of levy that can be imposed by regulations under that Schedule.
Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or expression has the same meaning in a Schedule to this Act as it has in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.
This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory.
This Act authorises the imposition of a levy only so far as the levy is a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.
The Schedules have effect.
The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a body to be the body whose recommendations about the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule are to be taken into consideration under subclause (2). (2) If a declaration is in force under subclause (1), then, before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the body specified in the declaration. (3) If there is no declaration in force under subclause (1), then, before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation established under section 9 of the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989. (4) Before the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation makes such a recommendation to the Minister, the Corporation must consult with the persons who are required to pay the levy concerned. (5) The regulations must not, for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, prescribe an amount greater than the amount recommended to the Minister under subclause (2) or (3).
(1) This clause applies to regulations if: (a) the regulations were made for the purposes of a particular provision of the Cattle Transactions Levy Act 1997; and (b) the regulations were in force immediately before the commencement of this clause. (2) The regulations have effect, after the commencement of this clause, as if they had been made for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Schedule.
(1) This clause applies to a declaration if: (a) the declaration was made for the purposes of a particular provision of the Cattle Transactions Levy Act 1997; and (b) the declaration was in force immediately before the commencement of this clause. (2) The declaration has effect, after the commencement of this clause, as if it had been made for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Schedule.
Schedule 4—Coarse grains
The milk fat rate prescribed in relation to the levy specified in column 1 of an item in the following table must not exceed the rate specified in column 2 of the item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.6pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Milk fat rate</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Market milk levy</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>15.750 cents per kilogram</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Manufacturing milk levy</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>45.000 cents per kilogram</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Animal Health Council levy</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>0.145 cent per kilogram</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
The protein rate prescribed in relation to the levy specified in column 1 of an item in the following table must not exceed the rate specified in column 2 of the item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.6pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Protein rate</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Market milk levy</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>38.39060 cents per kilogram</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Manufacturing milk levy</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>110.00000 cents per kilogram</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:144.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Animal Health Council levy</span></p></td><td style="width:153.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>0.34625 cent per kilogram</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(1) The market milk levy imposed by this Schedule on relevant dairy produce is payable by the producer of the relevant dairy produce. (2) The manufacturing milk levy imposed by this Schedule on relevant dairy produce delivered to, or used by, a manufacturer of dairy produce is payable by the manufacturer. (3) The acquisition offset levy imposed by this Schedule on dairy produce acquired by a prescribed exporter or, if the prescribed exporter is a body corporate, by a body corporate that is related to the prescribed exporter, is payable by the prescribed exporter. (4) The following levies imposed by this Schedule on relevant dairy produce are payable by the producer of the relevant dairy produce: (a) the dairy service levy; (d) the Australian Animal Health Council levy.
(1) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of clause 10 (so far as it relates to paragraph 6(1)(d) of this Schedule), the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the industry services body under subsection 9(1) of the Dairy Produce Act 1986. (1A) The regulations must not, for the purposes of clause 10 (so far as it relates to paragraph 6(1)(d) of this Schedule), prescribe a rate of levy greater than the rate recommended to the Minister under subsection 9(1) of the Dairy Produce Act 1986. (2) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations prescribing a rate for the purposes of clause 10 (so far as it relates to paragraph 6(1)(g) of this Schedule), the Minister must take into consideration any report relating to the proposed regulations made to the Minister by the executive of the Federation.
(1) This clause applies to regulations if: (a) the regulations were made for the purposes of a particular provision of the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986; and (b) the regulations were in force immediately before the commencement of this clause. (2) The regulations have effect, after the commencement of this clause, as if they had been made for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Schedule.
Schedule 7—Deer slaughter
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This Act may be cited as the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on 1 July 1999. (2) Schedule 26 commences on 1 January 2000.
The following is a simplified outline of this Act:
• This Act authorises the imposition of primary industries levies that are duties of excise.
• Each of Schedules 1 to 26 imposes a particular levy and makes provision for:
(a) the operative rate of the levy; and
(b) the maximum rate of the levy; and
(c) the person who is liable to pay the levy; and
(d) any exemptions from the levy.
• Schedule 27 allows the regulations to impose levies. In addition to imposing a particular levy, regulations under Schedule 27 are to set out:
(a) the operative rate of the levy; and
(b) the person who is liable to pay the levy; and
(c) any exemptions from the levy.
• Schedule 27 also deals with the maximum rate of levy that can be imposed by regulations under that Schedule.
Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or expression has the same meaning in a Schedule to this Act as it has in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991.
This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory.
This Act authorises the imposition of a levy only so far as the levy is a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.
The Schedules have effect.
The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
In this Schedule:
cattle means bovine animals other than buffalo.
cold carcase weight means the weight of a carcase weighed 2 hours or more after slaughter.
hot carcase weight means the weight of a carcase weighed within 2 hours after slaughtering.
weighing period, in relation to a carcase, means the period of time between slaughter and the earlier of the following events:
(a) the lodging of the monthly return (as required by the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Cattle and Live‑stock) Regulations) in which the hot carcase weight of the carcase should be included;
(b) levy on the carcase becomes due for payment (as provided in the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (Cattle and Live‑stock) Regulations).
(1) Levy is imposed on the slaughter at an abattoir of cattle for human consumption, if the slaughter occurs after the commencement of this Schedule. (2) Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on the slaughter of cattle the carcases of which are, under any applicable law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, condemned or rejected as being unfit for human consumption. (3) The regulations may provide that no amount of levy is payable by owners of cattle under this Schedule. (4) Despite anything else in this Schedule, if a regulation of the kind referred to in subclause (3) is made, an amount of levy is not payable under this Schedule on the slaughter of cattle in respect of any period while the regulation is in force.
(1) The rate of levy imposed by this Schedule on the slaughter of cattle consists of the sum of the amounts, per kilogram of the carcase of each head of cattle slaughtered, that are referred to in the following paragraphs: (a) the prescribed amount; (b) the prescribed amount.
Note 1: Paragraph (a) identifies amounts that, under the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997, are destined for the body declared under section 60 of that Act to be the meat processor marketing body.
Note 2: Paragraph (b) identifies amounts that, under the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997, are destined for the body declared under section 60 of that Act to be the meat processor research body.
(2) For the purposes of the calculation of levy imposed by this Schedule, the weight of a carcase is its hot carcase weight. (3) If an abattoir does not determine the hot carcase weight of a carcase, then, depending on which circumstance in the table is applicable, the hot carcase weight is taken to be the weight specified in the table, and that weight is taken to have been determined at the time of completing the slaughter.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:346.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Hot carcase weight</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:20.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:173.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Circumstance</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Hot carcase weight</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:20.7pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:173.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The abattoir is able to determine a hot carcase weight but fails to do so.</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 kilograms</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:20.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:173.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The abattoir is unable to determine a hot carcase weight but determines a cold carcase weight within the weighing period.</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Cold carcase weight multiplied by 1.03</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:20.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:173.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The abattoir is unable to determine a hot carcase weight, is able to determine a cold carcase weight but fails to do so within the weighing period.</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 kilograms</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:20.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:173.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The abattoir is unable to determine a hot carcase weight and is unable to determine a cold carcase weight within the weighing period.</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 kilograms</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: Section 24A of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 creates offences that apply in the following situations:
(a) an abattoir is able to determine a hot carcase weight but fails to do so;
(b) an abattoir is unable to determine a hot carcase weight, is able to determine a cold carcase weight within the weighing period but fails to do so.
The levy imposed by this Schedule on the slaughter of cattle is payable by the owner of the cattle immediately after their hot carcase weight is determined or taken to have been determined, as the case requires.
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a body to be the body whose recommendations about the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) or 3(1)(b) of this Schedule are to be taken into consideration under subclause (2). (2) If a declaration is in force under subclause (1), then, before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of the paragraph to which the declaration relates, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the body specified in the declaration in relation to that paragraph. (3) If there is no declaration in force under subclause (1), then, before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) or 3(1)(b) of this Schedule, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by: (a) in relation to regulations for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) of this Schedule—the body declared under section 60 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997 to be the meat processor marketing body; and (b) in relation to regulations for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(b) of this Schedule—the body declared under section 60 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997 to be the meat processor research body. (4) Before a body mentioned in subclause (3) makes such a recommendation to the Minister, the body must consult with the persons who are required to pay the levy concerned. (5) The regulations must not, for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) or 3(1)(b) of this Schedule, prescribe an amount greater than the amount recommended to the Minister for the purposes of that paragraph under subclause (2) or (3).
Schedule 2—Buffalo slaughter
(1) Levy is imposed on the slaughter at an abattoir of buffaloes for human consumption, if the slaughter occurs after the commencement of this Schedule. (2) Levy is not imposed by this Schedule: (a) on the slaughter of buffaloes whose carcases are, under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, condemned or rejected as being unfit for human consumption; or (b) on the slaughter of buffaloes for consumption by the owner of the buffaloes, by members of the owner’s family or by the owner’s employees.
The rate of levy imposed by this Schedule on the slaughter of each head of buffalo is the sum of the following amounts: (a) $4.60 or, if another amount is prescribed by the regulations, the other amount; (b) 73 cents or, if another amount (not exceeding $4.00) is prescribed by the regulations, the other amount.
Note 1: Paragraph (a) identifies amounts that, under the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989, are destined for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Note 2: Paragraph (b) identifies amounts that, under the National Cattle Disease Eradication Account Act 1991, are destined for the National Cattle Disease Eradication Account.
Levy imposed by this Schedule payable on the slaughter of buffaloes is payable by the person who owns the buffaloes when the slaughter takes place.
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a body to be the body whose recommendations about the amount to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule are to be taken into consideration under subclause (2). (2) If a declaration is in force under subclause (1), then, before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the body specified in the declaration. (3) If there is no declaration in force under subclause (1), then, before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, the Minister must take into consideration any relevant recommendation made to the Minister by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation established under section 9 of the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989. (4) Before the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation makes such a recommendation to the Minister, the Corporation must consult with the persons who are required to pay the levy concerned. (5) The regulations must not, for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, prescribe an amount greater than the amount recommended to the Minister under subclause (2) or (3).
(1) This clause applies to regulations if: (a) the regulations were made for the purposes of a particular provision of the Buffalo Slaughter Levy Act 1997; and (b) the regulations were in force immediately before the commencement of this clause. (2) The regulations have effect, after the commencement of this clause, as if they had been made for the purposes of the corresponding provision of this Schedule.
Schedule 3—Cattle transactions
In this Schedule:
bobby calf means a bovine animal (other than a buffalo or a head of lot‑fed cattle):
(a) which has been slaughtered and the dressed weight of whose carcase did not or does not exceed 40 kg; or
(b) which has not been slaughtered but which, at the time of the leviable transaction or other dealing, had or has a liveweight that did not or does not exceed 80 kg; or
(c) which has not been slaughtered or had its liveweight determined at the time of the leviable transaction or other dealing but which, in the opinion of the intermediary, would, if slaughtered at that time, have constituted or constitute a carcase whose dressed weight would not have exceeded or would not exceed 40 kg.
cattle means bovine animals other than buffalo.
dairy cattle means cattle that are, or, unless exported from Australia, would be likely to be, held on licensed dairy premises for a purpose related to commercial milk production, including, but without limiting the generality of the above, bulls, calves and replacement heifers.
industry marketing body has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997.
industry research body has the same meaning
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