Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK CORPORATION ACT 1977 No. 67 of 1977 - SECT 7

7. The functions of the Corporation are-

   (a)  to improve the production of meat and live-stock in Australia;

   (b)  to encourage and promote the consumption and sale of Australian meat,
        and the sale of Australian live-stock, both in Australia and overseas;

   (c)  to encourage, assist, promote and control the export of meat and
        live-stock from Australia;

   (d)  to make reports and suggestions to, and to formulate plans for the
        consideration of, the Minister with respect to-

        (i)    the quality, standards and grading of any particular class or
               kind of meat or live-stock to be exported from Australia; and

        (ii)   any other matter affecting the meat industry, including any
               other matter relating to the export of meat or live-stock from
               Australia or the sale and distribution, after export, of
               Australian meat or live-stock;

   (e)  to make recommendations to the Minister-

        (i)    with respect to the making of regulations for the purposes of
               section 11; and

        (ii)   with respect to the making, under any other Act, of regulations
               prescribing a rate of levy on the slaughter of live-stock or a
               rate of charge on the export of live-stock; and

   (f)  such other functions, in connexion with meat and live-stock, as are
        conferred on the Corporation by this Act or the regulations.