Meat Industry Act 1978

Every meat industry levy shall be entered in a prescribed levy book which shall be kept by the Food Authority or its agent in the prescribed form and manner.

The Food Authority or its agent may, in the prescribed manner, make or cause to be made such amendments and may remedy or cause to be remedied such omissions in the entries in the levy book kept by the Food Authority as may be necessary.

Except in the case of formal amendments, an amendment of the levy book kept by the Food Authority in respect of the occupier of any holding shall be deemed to be a determination by the Food Authority of the amount so payable under a levy by the occupier in respect of the holding.

In any proceedings for the recovery of any levy—

an entry in the levy book, the entry being one of a series prescribed to be made, shall be evidence of the matters recorded in the levy book, and

a copy of an entry in the levy book, the entry being one of a series prescribed to be made, shall be evidence of the entry and of the matters recorded in the levy book.