Bill
Dairy Produce Amendment (Dairy Service Levy Poll) Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-03-23. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-02-11
- second reading — 2016-02-11
- second reading — 2016-02-24
- second reading — 2016-02-24
- third reading — 2016-02-24
- introduced — 2016-02-24
- second reading — 2016-02-24
- second reading — 2016-02-29
- second reading — 2016-03-18
- second reading — 2016-03-18
- third reading — 2016-03-18
- passed — 2016-03-18
- royal assent — 2016-03-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-02-11.
This bill ends a legal requirement for the dairy sector to conduct a levy poll every five years.
Instead, the industry services body would set up a committee to examine levy rates at five-year intervals and hold a poll if the committee recommends a rate change.
Group A members of Dairy Australia Limited—dairy farmers—could also request a poll if they disagree with the committee's decision not to vary the rate.
- Removes the mandatory five-year levy poll requirement from the Dairy Produce Act 1986.
- Requires the industry services body to create a levy poll advisory committee that reviews the levy rate every five years.
- Requires the industry services body to run a levy poll if the committee recommends a rate change.
- Lets Group A members of Dairy Australia Limited (dairy farmers) ask for a poll if they disagree with a committee decision not to change the rate.
Dairy farmers (Group A members of Dairy Australia Limited), the industry services body, the levy poll advisory committee, and the dairy industry.
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