Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CATTLE EXPORT CHARGE ACT 1990 No. 142 of 1990 - SECT 6

6. (1) The rate of charge imposed on the export of cattle consists of the sum
of the amounts, per kilogram of cattle so exported, referred to in the
following paragraphs:

   (a)  $0.0095, or such other amount, not exceeding $0.02, as is prescribed,
        for the purpose of payment to the Corporation;

   (b)  $0.0014, or such other amount, not exceeding $0.005, as is prescribed,
        for the purpose of payment to the
        Research and Development Corporation.

(2) For the purposes of calculation of charge, the weight of cattle exported
is their liveweight described in the bill of lading, or similar document of
title, facilitating the export of such cattle.

(3) Where the liveweight of cattle exported is not described in the bill of
lading, or similar document of title, facilitating the export of the cattle,
then, for the purposes of the calculation of charge, the liveweight of the
cattle is taken to be 480 kilograms per head.

(4) Despite subsection (1), if the Minister makes a declaration under section
7A of the Live-stock Export Charge Act 1977, the rate of charge under this Act
on cattle exported, on or after the day the declaration is expressed to come
into force, is $0.00 per kilogram of cattle exported.