Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (EXCISE) LEVY ACT 1998 - SCHEDULE 12

1   Definitions

  (1)   In this Schedule:

"chicken" means a chicken hatched from an egg of a domesticated fowl.

"hatchery" means a hatchery where chickens are hatched for commercial purposes.

"meat chicken" means a chicken that is to be raised as a meat chicken.

2   Imposition of levy

  (1)   National Residue Survey Levy is imposed on meat chickens hatched after the commencement of this Schedule.

  (2)   National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on meat chickens hatched at a hatchery in a financial year if less than 20,000 meat chickens are hatched at that hatchery in that year.

  (3)   National Residue Survey Levy is not imposed by this Schedule on meat chickens that die, or are destroyed, at the hatchery at which they were hatched within 48 hours after being hatched.

3   Rate of levy

    The rate of National Residue Survey Levy imposed by this Schedule on meat chickens is 0.02 cents per head or, if another rate (not exceeding 0.06 cents per head) is prescribed by the regulations, the other rate.

4   Who pays the levy

    The National Residue Survey Levy imposed by this Schedule on meat chickens is payable by the producer of the chickens.