Health (Meat Inspection and Branding) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1991 (WA)

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HE301 HEALTH ACT 1911

HEALTH (MEAT INSPECTION AND BRANDING)

AMENDMENT REGULATION (NO. 2) 1991

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.   These regulations may be cited as the Health (Meat Inspection and

Branding) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1991.

Principal regulations

2. In these regulations the Health (Meat Inspection and Branding)

Regulations 1950* are referred to as the principal regulations.

r Reprinted in the Gazette of 25 August 1988 at pp. 3243-3270.

For subsequent amendments to 5 September 1991 see pp. 271-2 of 1990 Index to Legislation of Western Australia and Gazettes of 3 May, 28 June and 10 July 1991.1

Regulation IAA amended

3.  Regulation IAA of the principal regulations is amended by inserting

after the definition of "inspector" the following definition —

it "primary producer" means a person who carries on or is engaged in the business of farming or grazing on land that is —

(a) zoned rural under a local authority town planning

scheme; and

(b) used solely or principally for agricultural or grazing
purposes or for a combination of those
purposes;

Regulation lA amended

4.   Regulation lA of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) by deleting "Every" and substituting the following —
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" (1) Subject to subregulation (2), every ,

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and

(b) by inserting the following subregulation —

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(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in respect of
an animal slaughtered for food by a primary producer

for consumption by the primary producer or his or her

immediate family or employees. 11

Regulation 3 amended

5.   Regulation 3 of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in subregulation (1) —

(i)	by deleting "of the health districts or areas specified in Schedule B" and substituting the following —
" district "; and

(ii)by deleting "mark or"; and

(b) in subregulation (2) by deleting "of the health districts or areas
specified in Schedule B" and substituting the following —

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district

Regulation 4A amended

6.  Regulation 4A (1) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

"area or district mentioned in Schedule B" and substituting the following —

district

Regulation 4B amended

7.   Regulation 4B of the principal regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting "unmarked or"; and
(b)	by deleting "of the health districts or areas specified in Schedule B" and substituting the following —

district

Regulations 4C and 4D inserted

8.   After regulation 4B of the principal regulations the following regulations

are inserted —

Storage of unbranded meat

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4C. (1) A person shall not store, or cause or permit to be stored, on any premises unbranded meat unless the keeping of that meat on the premises is authorized by a permit referred to in regulation 4A (2).

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(2) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (1) for the defendant to prove that on the date of the alleged offence -

(a)	he or she was a primary producer; and
(b)	not more than 12 units of unbranded meat were being stored on the premises.
(3)	For the purposes of subregulation (2) (b) -
(a)	one unbranded sheep, lamb, calf (under 70 kilograms), goat or deer carcass is the equivalent of one unit of unbranded meat;
(b)	one unbranded pig carcass is the equivalent of 3 units of unbranded meat; and
(c)	one unbranded cow, bull, heifer or steer carcass is the equivalent of 8 units of unbranded meat.
(4)	In subregulation (3) "carcass" means a whole carcass or

such portions of a carcass that together would comprise a whole

carcass.

Transportation of unbranded meat

4D. A person shall not transport, or cause or permit to be transported, unbranded meat in a district unless the person is a primary producer who has first obtained a permit in respect of that transportation in the form set out in Schedule E from the local authority of that district.

Regulation 5 amended

9.    Regulation 5 of the principal regulations is amended -

(a) by deleting "unmarked or";

(b)	by deleting "Bridgetown - Road Board Hall";
(c)	by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions the following items -

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Corrigin - W W Forbes and Co Abattoir,

Kunjin Road, Corrigin

Halls Creek - Halls Creek Meat Supply,

McDonald Street, Halls Creek

Hyden - B J & J A Haslam, Butchers,

McPherson Street, Hyden

Kellerberrin - G W Tiller, Butchers,

Massingham Street,
Kellerberrin

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Mukinbudin — Mukinbudin Butchers,

Bent Street, Mukinbudin

Quairading — DE&BL Foster, Butchers,

1 Heal Street, Quairading

Regulation 6A amended

10. Regulation 6A of the principal regulations is amended in the Table to

subregulation (1) by deleting "and 4B" and substituting the following —

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, 4B, 4C (1) and 4D

Schedule A amended

11. Schedule A to the principal regulations is amended in clause 3 —

(a) by deleting the following —

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Bridgetown Road Board

"; and

(b) by inserting after the brand labelled "Chapman Valley" the

following —

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Quairading Shire Council Corrigin Shire Council

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Kondinin Shire Council Mukinbudin Shire Council

Kellerberrin Shire Council Halls Creek Shire Council >,

Schedule B repealed

12. Schedule B to the principal regulations is repealed.

Schedule C amended

13. Schedule C to the principal regulations is amended in Table 2 —

(a) under the heading "Fees payable to the Local Authorities" by
inserting after the item headed "Scale U" the following —

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Scale V

Unit of Livestock	Carcass	Side	Piece
For each sheep, lamb, deer, goat or calf
(under 70 kg)	$1.70	85c	42.5c
For each swine	$8.50	$4.25	$2.125
For each cow, bull, heifer or steer	$13.60	$6.80	$3.40
For each carton of	(Carton
meat on which no	27 kg
previous charge has	approx.)

been made under this $3.40
Schedule

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Scale W

Unit of Livestock	Carcass	Side	Piece
For each sheep, lamb,
deer, goat or calf
(under 70 kg)	$2.30	$1.15	57.5c
For each swine	$11.50	$5.75	$2.87
For each cow, bull,
heifer or steer	$18.40	$9.20	$4.60
For each carton of	(Carton
meat on which no	27 kg
previous charge has	approx.)
been made under this	$4.60
Schedule

(b) under the heading "Local Authorities to which the scales

apply" —

(i) under the subheading "Scale I" by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position the following —

it

Shire of Corrigin

(ii)under the subheading "Scale T" by deleting "Shire of

Bridgetown — Greenbushes" and substituting the following —

"Shire of Halls Creek

Shire of Mukinbudin Shire of Quairading";

and

(iii) after the subitem headed "Scale U" by inserting the

following —

Scale V

Shire of Kellerberrin

Scale W

Shire of Kondinin

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Schedule E added

14. After Schedule D to the principal regulations the following

Schedule is added -

SCHEDULE E

(reg. 4D)

HEALTH ACT 1911

PERMIT TO TRANSPORT UNBRANDED MEAT

To the Shire Clerk/Town Clerk

District

I a primary producer

(name of primary producer)

of

(address of agricultural/grazing property)

hereby apply for permission to transport the unbranded meat described below from the abovementioned address to

(address to which meat is to be transported)

on

(date of transportation)

Description of unbranded meat

I hereby declare that the unbranded meat is for consumption by *myself/*my immediate family/*employees

working on one of my agricultural or grazing properties.

(signature of primary producer)

(date)

*Delete if not applicable

Permission is given for the unbranded meat described above to be transported on

(date of transportation)

(signature of health surveyor)

[local authority stamp] ,,

District

By His Excellency's Command,

L. M. AULD, Clerk of the Council.