Exports (Meat) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 1691

Exports (Meat) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905.

Dated 25 June 1981.

STANLEY BURBURY

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs

 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 5 of the Exports (Meat) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting “deer.” after “goats,” in the definition of “meat” in sub-regulation (1); and

(b) by omitting the definition of “poultry” in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following definition:

“‘poultry’ means domesticated fowl, ducks, geese or turkeys;”.

Second Schedule

2. The Second Schedule to the Exports (Meat) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 “calves” and substituting “calves, deer”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph 11 the following paragraph:

 

Wrapping of venison

“12. (1) Carcasses, hindquarters or forequarters of venison or piece-venison, other than piece-venison that is packed in a carton or case, shall be wrapped in clean new stockinette or approved material and then in clean hessian or approved material.

“(2) Stockinette referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be of such a quality that its mass per unit area is not less than 86 grams per square metre.

“(3) Hessian referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall—

(a) if only one carcass, hindquarter, forequarter or piece of piece-venison is wrapped in the hessian—be of such a quality that its mass per unit area is not less than 225 grams per square metre; or

(b) if more than one carcass, hindquarter, forequarter or piece of piece-venison are wrapped together in the hessian—be of such a quality that its mass per unit area is not less than 300 grams per square metre.”.

Third Schedule

3. The Third Schedule to the Exports (Meat) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following items:

“98. Venison carcasses	1. A carcass shall be the carcass of a deer	1. The trade description shall include the word ‘venison’ on the tags and on the coverings
99. Venison— hindquarters and forequarters	1. A hindquarter or forequarter shall be derived from the carcass of a deer	1. The trade description shall include— (a) the word ‘venison’ on the tags and on the coverings; and (b) the word ‘hindquarter’ or ‘forequarter’, as the case requires, on the tags and on the coverings
100. Piece-venison	1. A piece of piece-venison shall be derived from the carcass of a deer 2. A piece of piece-venison shall consist of a piece recognized in commerce as a piece of piece-venison and may be either bone-in or boneless	1. The trade description shall include— (a) the word ‘venison’ on the tags and on the coverings; and (b) the cut and the number of pieces contained in the package on the coverings”.

Sixth Schedule

4. The Sixth Schedule to the Exports (Meat) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 22 “cattle” (wherever occurring) and substituting “cattle, deer”;

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 23 “cattle” and substituting “cattle, deer”;

(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 25 “cattle” and substituting “cattle, deer”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 30 “cattle” and substituting “cattle, deer”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1961 No. 93 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1981 No. 30 and see also