Meat Industry (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (Vic)

Meat Industry (Amendment) Regulations 2002

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objectives	1
2.	Authorising provision	1
3.	Commencement	1
4.	Definition of marketing information	2
5.	New regulation 19A inserted	2

19A.	Ban on slaughter and sale of horse and donkey meat
for human consumption 2

6.        Amendment to description and specification of strip brand for

lamb meat 3

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STATUTORY RULES 2002

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Meat Industry Act 1993

Meat Industry (Amendment) Regulations 2002

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 3 September 2002

Responsible Minister:

KEITH HAMILTON

Minister for Agriculture

HELEN DOYE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are

(a)	to prohibit the slaughter and sale of horse and donkey meat for human consumption;
(b)	to amend the description and specification of the strip brand for lamb meat.

2. Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 78 of the Meat Industry Act 1993.

3. Commencement

(1) These Regulations, except regulation 5, come into operation on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

(2) Regulation 5 comes into operation on 1 December

2002.

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4. Definition of marketing information

In regulation 6 of the Meat Industry Regulations
19941 insert

' "marketing information" includes

(a) use of the term lamb;

(b) the name of the owner of the lamb;

(c)	the name of the relevant meat processing facility;
(d)	the name of the client of the owner of the lamb;

(e) the area where the lamb was produced;

(f) a logo, trademark, marketing name or trading name of the owner of the lamb, the relevant meat processing facility, the area where the lamb was produced or any marketing alliance;

(g) the quality grade of the meat;'.

5. New regulation 19A inserted

After regulation 19 of the Meat Industry

Regulations 1994 insert

"19A. Ban on slaughter and sale of horse and

donkey meat for human consumption

(1) For the purposes of section 35(7) of the Act,

the following consumable animals are

prescribed

(a) horse;

(b) donkey.

(2) A person must not sell for human

consumption meat from a horse or a donkey.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.".

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6.  Amendment to description and specification of strip brand for lamb meat

(1) In regulation 29(2) of the Meat Industry

Regulations 1994, after "sub-regulation (1)" insert
"other than those referred to in sub-regulation

(1)(a),".

(2) In regulation 29(4) of the Meat Industry

Regulations 1994—

(a) omit "other"; and

(b) after "facility" insert "at least once every

15⋅0 cm".

(3) After regulation 29(4) of the Meat Industry

Regulations 1994, insert

"(5) The strip brand referred to in sub-regulation

(4) may include additional marketing
information within the continuous parallel

lines.".

(4) In regulation 32(c) of the Meat Industry

Regulations 1994, for "4⋅0 cm" substitute

"6⋅0 cm".

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1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 84/1994. Reprint No. 1 as at 9 May 1996. Reprinted to

S.R. No. 186/1994 and amended by S.R. No. 136/1998.