1998-1999-2000

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy Industry Adjustment Bill 2000

 

 

(Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government)

 

(1)     Schedule 1, item 17, page 9 (after line 16), at the end of the definition of overall enterprise amount , add:

Note 3:       See also clause 30A (which deals with abnormal market milk pool distributions).

[abnormal market milk pool distributions]

(2)     Schedule 1, item 17, page 9 (lines 22 and 23), omit the note, substitute:

Note 1:       See also clause 30 (which deals with the transfer of the whole or part of market milk delivery rights).

Note 2:       See also clause 30A (which deals with abnormal market milk pool distributions).

[abnormal market milk pool distributions]

(3)     Schedule 1, item 17, page 17 (after line 31), after subclause (5), insert:

          (5A)  For the purposes of paragraph (5)(c), the proportion of livestock owned by a partner in a partnership is taken to be the same as the proportion of the livestock owned by the partnership.

[proportion of livestock owned by a partner]

(4)     Schedule 1, item 17, page 32 (after line 22), after clause 30, insert:

30A  Adjustment of eligibility for payment rights—abnormal market milk pool distributions

             (1)  The DSAP scheme may make provision for and in relation to the adjustment of eligibility for payment rights in relation to a distribution that, under the scheme, is taken to be an abnormal market milk pool distribution.

             (2)  Those provisions may include (but are not limited to):

                     (a)  treating a particular dairy farm enterprise, for the purposes of this Part and the scheme, as if the enterprise had delivered a particular volume of market milk during a particular financial year instead of a particular volume of manufacturing milk; and

                     (b)  treating a particular dairy farm enterprise, for the purposes of this Part and the scheme, as if the enterprise had delivered a particular volume of manufacturing milk during a particular financial year instead of a particular volume of market milk.

             (3)  In this clause:

this Part includes:

                     (a)  the definition of overall enterprise amount in clause 2; and

                     (b)  the definition of premium component in clause 2.

[abnormal market milk pool distributions]