Sheepmeat Council of Australia - Levies
Friday, 30 July 2010

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Levies
The Sheepmeat Council of Australia (SCA) is the prescribed industry body for the purpose of s.59 of the Australian Meat and Livestock Act 1997. As such, SCA is responsible for managing and making recommendations to the Minister of Agriculture on the distribution of the lamb and sheep transaction levy income.

The Australian Sheep Industry’s Transaction levy funds are distributed between:


National Residue Survey invests grower levies in performing the following functions:

  • Providing an independent, authoritative and scientifically rigorous audit of the chemical residue status of the Australian sheep/cattle industries.
  • Facilitating export certification and compliance with Australian legislative requirements
  • Providing scientific advice on residues and the management of residue related issues.
The flow of sheepmeat levy funds and the performance of the levy funded organisations are closely monitored and scrutinised by SCA.
 
 
 
 MLA
(R&D)		 MLA (Marketing) Animal Health Australia National Residue Survey Total Levies
Sheep* 0.77% 0.87% 0.18% 0.18% 2% of sale price┼
Lambs* 0.49% of sale price 1.20% of sale price 0.20% of sale price 0.11% of sale price 2% of sale price╪
 
The legislation stipulates that the transaction levy shall be collected at an ad valorem rate of 2% for both adult sheep and lambs (table 1). For lambs, the levy shall not exceed the value of $1.50 and shall not be applicable for lambs valued at less that $5.00. For adult sheep, the levy shall not exceed the value of $0.20c and shall not be applicable for adult sheep valued at less that $5.00.
Table 1. Sheep and Lamb levy rates and levy distributions

* Where there is a defined sale price of $5.00 or more (no levies apply to sales of less than $5.00).
  • ┼ To a maximum of $0.20c. Where there is not defined sale price - $0.20c
  • ╪ To a maximum of $1.50. Where there is no defined sale price - $0.80c.
 
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