Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 2024
12‑10 Imposition of horse biosecurity re12‑10 Imposition of horse biosecurity response levy
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12‑10 Imposition of horse biosecurity response levy
(1) Levy is imposed on a disposal of manufactured feed or worm treatment by a person to another person if: (a) the disposal takes place in Australia; and (b) the disposal is the first disposal of the feed or treatment after the feed or treatment is imported into Australia or manufactured in Australia. (2) Subclause (1) applies whether the disposal is by sale, gift or otherwise. (3) Manufactured feed means feed that: (a) is suitable for horses generally or horses of a particular kind; and (b) has been prepared using one or more of the following processes: (i) steaming or another cooking process; (ii) flaking; (iii) cubing of hay; (iv) starch manipulation; (v) blending 2 or more sorts of feed; (vi) blending 1 or more sorts of feed with 1 or more dietary supplements, medications or modifiers. (4) Worm treatment means a veterinary chemical product (within the meaning of the Agvet Code) for which all the following conditions are met: (a) the product is a registered chemical product (within the meaning of the Agvet Code); (b) there are instructions for use of the product that are in the Register (within the meaning of the Agvet Code); (c) those instructions: (i) are for use of the product for treatment of horses for internal parasites; and (ii) are not for use of the product for treatment of other animals for internal parasites. (5) Agvet Code means the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.