Marketing of Lamb Amendment Regulations 1994 (WA)

17 June 19941	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	2503
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MARKETING OF MEAT ACT 1971

MARKETING OF LAMB AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1994

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.

Regulations 1994. These regulations may be cited as the Marketing of Lamb Amendment

Commencement

2.      These regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1994.

Principal regulations

3.     In these regulations the Marketing of Lamb Regulations 1972* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Published in Gazette of 24 November 1972 at pp.4516-17. For amendments to 1 June 1994 see 1993 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 174.]

Regulation 2 repealed

4.     Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

new regulation substituted —

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2. (1) For the purposes of section 16 (10) and section 20 (c) of the Act, and of these regulations, a lamb shall be an "exempt lamb", the slaughter of which is hereby declared to be exempted from the provisions of section 19 of the Act, if it is slaughtered in the State for human consumption in Australia.

No exempt lamb, or any part of an exempt lamb, shall be exported from Australia, other than by the Corporation.

(2)

Penalty: (a) for a first offence, $1 000; and

By His Excellency's Command, D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.

(b) for a subsequent offence, $2 000

carcase of an exempt lamb shall before it leaves the abattoir be (3) Except where it is slaughtered for the Corporation, the

branded in accordance with the design and in the manner required by regulation 11 of the Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Regulations 1985.

Penalty: (a) for a first offence, $1 000; and

(b) for a subsequent offence, $ 2000

(4)

Where it is slaughtered for the Corporation the carcase of an exempt lamb, and any part of such a carcase, shall before sale be branded in accordance with the design and manner required by regulation 11 of the Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Regulations 1985. If