Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00033
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 85550–88284

1                                  For a stallion, $10 for each mare covered by the stallion and included in a declaration of service lodged in the 12‑month period (the research and development component)

 (3) Subclause (2) applies whether or not the mare is covered by the stallion in the 12‑month period.

12‑8  Levy payer

Mares
 (1) The levy imposed by subclause 12‑6(1) is payable by the breeder who lodged the mare return or on whose behalf the mare return was lodged.

Stallions
 (2) The levy imposed by subclause 12‑6(2) is payable by the breeder who lodged the declaration of service or on whose behalf the declaration of service was lodged.

12‑9  Application provisions
 (1) Subclause 12‑6(1) applies in relation to a mare return lodged on or after 1 March 2025.
 (2) Subclause 12‑6(2) applies in relation to a declaration of service lodged on or after 1 March 2025, whether the covering occurs before, on or after that day.

Subdivision 12‑C—Horse biosecurity response levy

12‑10  Imposition of horse biosecurity response levy
 (1) Levy is imposed on a disposal of manufactured feed or worm treatment by a person to another person if:
 (a) the disposal takes place in Australia; and
 (b) the disposal is the first disposal of the feed or treatment after the feed or treatment is imported into Australia or manufactured in Australia.
 (2) Subclause (1) applies whether the disposal is by sale, gift or otherwise.
 (3) Manufactured feed means feed that:
 (a) is suitable for horses generally or horses of a particular kind; and
 (b) has been prepared using one or more of the following processes:
 (i) steaming or another cooking process;
 (ii) flaking;
 (iii) cubing of hay;
 (iv) starch manipulation;
 (v) blending 2 or more sorts of feed;
 (vi) blending 1 or more sorts of feed with 1 or more dietary supplements, medications or modifiers.
 (4) Worm treatment means a veterinary chemical product (within the meaning of the Agvet Code) for which all the following conditions are met:
 (a) the product is a registered chemical product (within the meaning of the Agvet Code);
 (b) there are instructions for use of the product that are in the Register (within the meaning of the Agvet Code);
 (c) those instructions:
 (i) are for use of the product for treatment of horses for internal parasites; and
 (ii) are not for use of the product for treatment of other animals for internal parasites.
 (5) Agvet Code means the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

12‑11  Rate of the levy
  The rate of the levy on the disposal of manufactured feed or worm treatment is worked out using this table.

Horse biosecurity response levy
Item                             Rate of levy