Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00634:clause:2_28
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00634
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 28
Character Range: 22796–23564

28  After subsection 8(4A)
Insert:
 (4B) If levy is imposed under Schedule 27 to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999 on an animal in the event of the slaughter of the animal, the regulations may provide that the proprietor of an abattoir may refuse to:
 (a) slaughter the animal at the abattoir; or
 (b) permit the slaughter of the animal at the abattoir;
unless the person liable to pay the levy first provides the proprietor with the funds necessary for the due payment, on behalf of the person, of levy payable in relation to the animal.
 (4C) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (4B) have effect despite:
 (a) any law of a State or Territory; or
 (b) any contract, whether entered into before or after the commencement of this subsection.