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Cattle Export and Slaughter Levy Act (Chapter 51:01).

Country/Territory
Botswana
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to re-enact, with amendments, the Cattle Export Tax Act to make provision for the imposition of a levy on cattle exported from Botswana, and on cattle slaughtered at the Botswana Meat Commission abattoir, municipal abattoirs, private abattoirs and butcheries, and matters incidental thereto.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal production International trade Special fund Agricultural development
Geographical area
Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act imposes a levy upon every head of cattle exported from Botswana or every head of cattle slaughtered in Botswana by: (a) the Botswana Meat Commission; (b) a municipal abattoir; (c) a private abattoir; and (d) a butchery. Where a slaughter levy has paid, the party paying the levy shall not be liable for payment of export levies. A portion of the levies imposed under this Act shall be paid into the Fund mentioned in section 25(1) of the Control of Livestock Industry Act and shall be used for the general benefit of the livestock industry in Botswana. Any person who exports or attempts to export any cattle from Botswana without having first paid the levy imposed by this Act commits an offence.

Full text
English
Website
www.laws.gov.bw

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Cattle Export and Slaughter Levy Regulations.

Legislation | Botswana | 2006

Keyword: Animal production, Slaughtering, Tax/levy, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX