S.I. No. 98/2013 - An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 2013.

1. This Order may be cited as the An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 2013 and comes into operation on 1st May 2013.

2. The rate of levy set out in section 37 (2)(

c

) of

An Bord Bia Act 1994

(as amended by the An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 1996 (

S.I. No. 90 of 1996

) and the

Euro Changeover (Amounts) Act 2001

(No. 16 of 2001)) is amended by substituting “35c” for “25c”.

3. The An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 1996 (

S.I. No. 90 of 1996

) is revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 March 2013.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The purpose of this Order is to change the Levy collected on Slaughtered or Exported Pigs under the

Bord Bia Act 1994

from 25c to 35c.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th March

, 2013.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 37

(3) of

An Bord Bia Act 1994

(No. 22 of 1994), (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 455 of 2011

)), hereby make the following Order, with respect to which, pursuant to section 37(4) of the said Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each House