Commerce (Meat Export) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1953. No. 36.

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REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1952 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1950.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1952 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1950.

Dated this first day of May, 1953.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Commerce and Agriculture and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of the Commerce (Meat Export) Regulations.

After regulation 4a of the Commerce (Meat Export) Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Part I.:—

Exportation prohibited unless conditions complied with.

“4b.—(1.) The exportation of all meat, meat products or edible offal is prohibited unless—

(a) the treatment and storage of the meat, meat products or edible offal has been carried out in an establishment registered in accordance with these Regulations;

(b) the provisions of these Regulations have been complied with;

(c) the exporter has received an export permit in respect of the goods in accordance with these Regulations, and the export permit is in force at the time of exportation of the goods; and

(d) in the case of rabbits or hares—

(i) the rabbits or hares were transported as a hanging load from the trapping ground to the establishment where they were graded, packed and frozen;

(ii) the rabbits and hares, if skinned, were skinned at the establishment where they were graded, packed and frozen; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1953.

  Statutory Rules 1923, Nos. 36 and 194, as amended by Statutory Rules 1924, Nos. 127 and 128; 1927, No. 130; 1933, No. 119; 1934, No. 63; 1936, No. 138; 1938, Nos. 1, 31 and 102; 1947, No. 118; 1948, Nos. 27, 99 and 161; 1950, No. 41; 1951, Nos. 134 and 145; and 1952, No. 108.

1566.—Price 3d. 9/31.3.1953.

 

(iii) the rabbits or hares were chilled immediately before they were transported from one registered establishment to another registered establishment.

“(2.) The exportation of frozen meat, frozen meat products or frozen edible offal is also prohibited—

(a) if the goods have not been frozen sufficiently hard for export;

(b) if the goods have become affected by a mould fungus or have deteriorated in any other way since the issue of the export permit in respect of those goods;

(c) if the goods are misshapen or improperly packed;

(d) if the goods are wrapped in soiled, discoloured or insufficient coverings;

(e) if the goods are loaded into a vessel the holds of which are not in a sanitary condition; or

(f) unless the goods are stowed in a satisfactory manner.”.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.