Meat Industry Amendment Regulations 2018 (Vic)

Meat Industry Amendment Regulations 2018

S.R. No. 20/2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4New regulation 5A inserted

5When a meat transport vehicle is required to be licensed

6New regulation 35A inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2018

S.R. No. 20/2018

Meat Industry Act 1993

Meat Industry Amendment Regulations 2018

The Lieutenant-Governor with the advice of the Executive Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 27 February 2018

Responsible Minister:

JAALA PULFORD
Minister for Agriculture

ANDREW ROBINSON

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Meat Industry Regulations 2015—

(a)to prescribe deer living in a wild state as game; and

(b)to provide a further exemption from the requirement for a meat transport vehicle to be licensed; and

(c)to prescribe a condition of a game processing facility licence.

2Authorising provision

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

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 March 2018.

4New regulation 5A inserted

After regulation 5 of the Meat Industry Regulations 2015[1] insert—

"5A   Prescribed game

For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of game in section 3(1) of the Act, deer living in a wild state is prescribed to be game.".

5When a meat transport vehicle is required to be licensed

After regulation 16(5) of the Meat Industry Regulations 2015 insert—

"(6)A licence is not required for the conveyance of any meat not intended for sale.".

6New regulation 35A inserted

After regulation 35 of the Meat Industry Regulations 2015 insert—

"35A   Condition of game processing facility licence

It is a condition of a game processing facility licence that the operator of the facility must only accept for processing the carcass or meat of deer that lived in a wild state if that deer has been taken by a person approved in writing by the Authority.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 42/2015.