Meat Industry (Amendment) Act 1968 (NSW)

MEAT INDUSTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT.

ANNO SEPTIMO DECIMO

ELIZABETHÆ II REGINÆ

Act No. 57, 1968.

An Act relating to the retention by The Metropolitan Meat Industry Board of certain parts of animals slaughtered in the public abattoir; for this and other purposes to amend the Meat Industry Act, 1915-1965; to validate certain matters; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 12th December, 1968.] BE

D E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

follows: —

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Meat Industry

(Amendment) Act, 1968".

(2) The Meat Industry Act, 1915, as subsequently amended and as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Meat Industry Act, 1915-1968.

2. The Meat Industry Act, 1915-1965, is amended—

(a) by inserting at the end of section fourteen the following new subsections: —

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub- section one of this section the Board shall have and shall be deemed always to have had power to process, treat, dispose of or otherwise deal with any parts of animals which are deemed to have be- come the property of the Board pursuant to sub- section three of this section or which become the property of the Board pursuant to subsection four of this section and Schedule IV to this Act.

(3) (a) All parts of any animals which before the commencement of the Meat Industry (Amend- ment) Act, 1968, were retained by the Board or, pursuant to any provision of any by-law made or

purporting to be made under this Act, became or purported to have become the property of the

Board, shall be deemed to have been lawfully retained by the Board and to have become the property of the Board,

(b) No compensation or payment of any kind whatsoever shall, unless the Board otherwise determines, be payable in respect of any parts of animals hereinbefore in this subsection referred to.

(4)

(4) (a) The provisions set forth in Schedule IV to this Act shall notwithstanding anything contained in this Act apply to and in respect of animals slaughtered at the public abattoir.

(b) The by-laws under this Act may amend or vary the provisions set forth in Schedule IV to this Act—

(i)   by adding or removing therefrom refer­ ences to parts of animals which are to become the property of the Board or to be delivered to the owner of the animals with or without payment, or

(ii)   in such manner as the Board considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of this subsection.

(c) The said Schedule IV as so amended or varied shall be Schedule IV to this Act.

(b) by inserting next after Schedule III the following new Schedule :—

SCHEDULE IV.

1. In the case of bovine cattle, excepting calves, slaughtered at the public abattoir:—

(a) The Board shall deliver to the owner the carcase, hide (unsalted), tongue, tail, skirt,

kidneys, heart and liver.

(b)	All fat removed from the carcase shall become the property of the Board, for which no com- pensation or other payment shall be payable.
(c)	The Board shall deliver to the owner such quantities of brains, and cheek meats as are required, upon payment of the cost as deter- mined by the Board of removal, collection, preparation, and delivery.

(d)

(d)	All the heads, feet, and tail tips shall become the property of the Board, for which no com- pensation or other payment shall be payable.
(e)	All casings including weasands, bungs, middles, runners, and bladders, shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensa- tion or other payment shall be payable.
(f)	All meat or offal other than that herein specified shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensation or other payment shall be payable.

2. In the case of calves slaughtered at the public abattoir:—

(a)	The Board shall deliver to the owner the carcase, skin, tongue, kidneys, heart and liver.
(b)	All fat removed from the carcase shall become the property of the Board, for which no com- pensation or other payment shall be payable.
(c)	The Board shall deliver to the owner such quantities of heads, brains, and sweetbreads as are required, upon payment of the cost as determined by the Eoard of removal, collection, preparation, and delivery.
(d)	All meat or offal other than that herein specified shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensation or other payment shall be payable.

3. In the case of pigs slaughtered at the public abattoir:—

(a)	The Board shall deliver to the owner the carcase, including head, feet, heart, liver, and, if left attached to the carcase, the flear and kidneys.
(b)	All fat removed from the carcase shall become the property of the Board, for which no com- pensation or other payment shall be payable.
(c)	All casings including runners and bladders shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensation or other payment shall be payable.

(d)

(d) All meat or offal other than that herein specified shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensation or other payment shall be payable.

4. In the case of sheep and lambs slaughtered at the public abattoir:—

(a) The Board shall deliver to the owner the carcase, tongue, kidneys, heart and liver. When so required by the owner the kidneys shall be removed from the carcase and delivered to the owner upon payment of the cost as determined by the Board of removal, collection, preparation and delivery.

Skins will be delivered to the owner thereof upon payment of such fee not exceeding the cost of delivery of such skins as the Board may determine.

(b)	All fat removed from the carcase shall become the property of the Board, for which no com­ pensation or other payment shall be payable.
(c)	The Board shall deliver to the owner such heads as are required for butchers' retail trade purposes, and also such brains as are required, upon payment of the cost as determined by the Board of removal, collection, preparation and delivery.
(d)	All casings including bungs and runners shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensation or other payment shall be payable.
(e)	All meat or offal other than that herein specified

which no compensation or other payment shall

shall become the property of the Board, for

be payable.

5. The parts of animals not delivered to the owner in pursuance of subparagraph (c) of paragraph 1, subparagraph (c) of paragraph 2, subparagraph (a) of paragraph 3, or subparagraph (a) or (c) of paragraph 4 of this Schedule shall become the property of the Board, for which no compensation or other payment shall be payable.

6. I n this Schedule, unless a contrary intention

a p p e a r s —

"calf" means a bovine animal which in the opinion of the Board is no t more than six months old and will have a dressed weight of less than one hundred and fifty pounds ;

" o w n e r " means any owner, consignor, or consignee, whether joint or sole, or person in possession or in charge of any cattle, meat, or carcase, or any agent of such owner.

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