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: 52812–54768

1         32.5 cents for each laying chicken that was purchased or released into the commercial egg production facility (the marketing component)

5‑9  Levy payer

Purchase of laying chickens
 (1) The levy imposed by subclause 5‑6(1) on laying chickens is payable by the person who purchased the laying chickens.

Laying chickens released from hatchery
 (2) The levy imposed by subclause 5‑6(2) on laying chickens is payable by the person keeping the laying chickens for use in the commercial production of eggs.

5‑10  When are laying chickens purchased?
  For the purpose of this Subdivision, laying chickens are taken to be purchased when the first payment for the laying chickens is made, whether the payment represents the whole, or a part, of the purchase price for the laying chickens.

5‑11  Application provision
  Clause 5‑6 applies in relation to laying chickens that are purchased, or released into a commercial egg production facility, on or after 1 July 2025.

Division 6—Meat chickens

6‑1  Imposition of meat chicken levy
 (1) Levy is imposed on meat chickens that are hatched at a hatchery in Australia.
 (2) Meat chicken means a chicken that is to be raised for meat production.

6‑2  Exemptions from the levy
 (1) Levy is not imposed on meat chickens hatched at a hatchery in a financial year if less than 20,000 meat chickens are hatched at that hatchery in that year.
 (2) Levy is not imposed on meat chickens that die, or are destroyed, at the hatchery at which they were hatched within 48 hours after being hatched.
Note: The effect of this subclause is that the exemption does not apply to meat chickens that die, or are destroyed, within those 48 hours at a place other than the hatchery.
 (3) Meat chickens covered by subclause (2) are not counted for the purposes of subclause (1).

6‑3  Rate of the levy
  The rate of the levy on meat chickens is worked out using this table.

Meat chicken levy
Item               Rate of levy