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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES LEVIES AND CHARGES COLLECTION (NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY -HORSE SLAUGHTER) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 299

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 299

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

National Residue Survey (Horse, Slaughter) Levy 1992

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (National Residue Survey - Horse Slaughter) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 13 of the National Residue Survey (Horse Slaughter) Levy Act 1992 (the NRS Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the NRS Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the NRS Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the NRS Act.

The purpose of the regulations is to increase the operative levy rate for horse slaughter, under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection (National Residue Survey-Horse Slaughter) Regulations, to $3.00 per head.

The levy is required by the Horse Industry in order to meet the cost of a compulsory residue monitoring program that gives horse meat access to international markets. Declining throughput numbers (from 49 000 in the 1992-93 financial year to 36 000 in the 1995-96 financial year) is the main cause behind the increase in levy rate.

This rate of levy is effective from 1 February 1997, and is consistent with the wishes of all Horse Meat Industry participants.