Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
(1) In this Schedule:
"chicken" means a chicken hatched from the egg of a domesticated fowl.
"hatchery" means a hatchery where chickens are hatched for commercial purposes.
"laying chicken" means a female chicken that is to be raised for the production of eggs.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, if the proprietor of a hatchery, in accordance with the practice of the poultry industry, treats a number of chickens (not exceeding 106) as 100 chickens, that number of chickens is taken to be 100 chickens.
(1) National Residue Survey Levy is imposed on laying chickens hatched after the commencement of this Schedule.
(2) National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on laying chickens hatched at a hatchery in a financial year if less than 1,000 laying chickens are hatched at that hatchery in that year.
(3) National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on laying chickens that die, or are destroyed, at the hatchery at which they were hatched within 48 hours after being hatched.
The rate of National Residue Survey Levy imposed by this Schedule on laying chickens is 0.40 cents per head or, if another rate (not exceeding 2 cents per head) is prescribed by the regulations, the other rate.
The National Residue Survey Levy imposed by this Schedule on laying chickens is payable by the proprietor of the hatchery where the laying chickens are hatched.