Meat Industry (Meat Industry Levy) Regulation 2016 (2016-497) (NSW)

Meat Industry (Meat Industry Levy) Regulation 2016

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Meat Industry (Meat Industry Levy) Regulation 2016.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 September 2016 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Note— This Regulation replaces the Meat Industry (Meat Industry Levy) Regulation 2006, which is repealed on 1 September 2016 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.

3 Definitions (1) In this Regulation: levy means a meat industry levy under Part 5A of the Act. levy collection agency agreement means an agreement or arrangement entered into by Local Land Services under which Local Land Services acts as the Food Authority's agent for the purposes of: (a) issuing notices specifying the amount of levies, and (b) undertaking responsibility for collecting and recovering levies that occupiers or owners of rateable land within the meaning of the Local Land Services Act 2013 owe to the Food Authority. Local Land Services certificate means a certificate under section 203 (Certificate as to rates, charges and other matters) of the Local Land Services Act 2013. the Act means the Meat Industry Act 1978.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation. (2) In this Regulation, a reference to a Form is a reference to a Form set out in Schedule 1. (3) Notes included in this Regulation (other than in Schedule 1) do not form part of this Regulation.

4 Calculation of levy (1) The object of this clause is to fix the rates and amounts on the basis of which a levy is to be calculated for land the subject of a levy. (2) For the purposes of section 59A (2) (a) of the Act, the prescribed rate for each stock unit of the notional carrying capacity of the land, as assessed by or under the Local Land Services Act 2013, is 0.6 cents. (3) For the purposes of section 59A (2) (b) of the Act, the prescribed amount (that is, the maximum levy that is payable in relation to the land) is $130.