Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LIVE-STOCK SLAUGHTER LEVY AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 70, 1977 - SECT 3

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting the definition of ''cattle'' and substituting the following
definitions:-

'' 'cattle' means bovine animals other than buffaloes;

'' 'Corporation' means the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation
established by section 6 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act
1977;

'' 'dressed weight', in relation to a carcase, means the weight of the carcase
immediately after it has been dressed;

'' 'Exporter and Abattoir Consultative Group' means the Meat and Live-stock
Exporters and Abattoir Operators Consultative Group established by section 41
of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Act 1977;'';

   (b)  by omitting the definition of ''live-stock'' and substituting the
        following definitions:-

'' 'live-stock' means cattle, sheep, lambs, buffaloes and goats;

'' 'Producer Consultative Group' means the Live-stock Producers Consultative
Group established by section 41 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977'';

   (c)  by omitting the definition of ''the Board''; and

   (d)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:-

''(2) In ascertaining the weight of a carcase immediately after it has been
dressed, no adjustment of that weight shall be made on account of
shrinkage.''.