Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033:clause:1_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2
Character Range: 123141–124368

2                         For macropods that are processed for animal consumption, 3 cents per carcase (the research and development component)

22‑4  Levy payer
  The levy on the processing of macropods at a processing establishment is payable by the proprietor of the establishment.

22‑5  Application provision
  Clause 22‑1 applies in relation to the processing of macropods on or after 1 July 2025, whether the macropods were killed before, on or after that day.

Division 23—Ratites

23‑1  Imposition of ratite slaughter levy
 (1) Levy is imposed on the slaughter in Australia at an abattoir of ratites for human consumption in or outside Australia.
 (2) Ratite means an emu or ostrich.
 (3) Emu means an animal of the species Dromaius novaehollandiae.
 (4) Ostrich means an animal of the species Struthio camelus.

23‑2  Exemptions from the levy
  Levy is not imposed on the slaughter of ratites whose carcases are condemned or rejected as being unfit for human consumption because of the operation of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

23‑3  Rate of the levy
  The rate of the levy on the slaughter of ratites is worked out using this table.

Ratite slaughter levy
Item                   Rate of levy