Meat Industry (Treatment Works) Licensing Act 1937 (WA)

MEAT INDUSTRY (TREATMENT

WORKS) LICENSING.

1° AND 2° GEO. VI., No. XLVI.

No. 46 of 1937.

AN ACT to provide for the licensing of treatment works for the treatment of carcases of sheep, pigs, and cattle for export.

[Assented to 18th January. 1938.]

B' it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Meat Industry (T ea

meld Works) Licensing Act, 1937.

Definitions. 2. In this Act subject to the context the following

terms shall have the following meanings:—

License. "License" means a current license issued and in force

under this Act.

Sheep, pigs, or

cattle. "Sheep, pigs, or cattle" or "sheep, pigs, and cattle"

include the young of either category.

1937.] Meat Industry (Treatment Works) [No. 46.

Licensing.

"Treatment works" means any building or place where Treatment works.

sheep, pigs, or cattle are slaughtered prior to ex- port or any place where the carcases of sheep, pigs, or cattle are treated prior to export.

3. This Act shall be administered by the Minister for Administra-

Agriculture. tion of Act.

4. No person shall carry on or operate any treatment Persons eller*

works in the State unless he is the holder of a license amteinnt Ict'Lotrlifts- to	hold license.
issued by the Minister.

Penalty: Five hundred pounds.

5. (1.) Every person desirous of obtaining a license Application

under this Act shall make application in writing to the	boerli):ZTEr7t1to	rit
Minister and shall furnish with the application—	M
Ministerto .

(a)	a plan of the treatment works or proposed treat- ment works, together with a statement of the capacity of the treatment works and the class or classes of sheep, pigs, or cattle or carcases to be treated;
(b)	such other information as is prescribed.

(2.) In considering the application the Minister may call for such further information as he may desire and may in his absolute discretion grant or refuse to grant the application.

6. (1.) Every license issued under this Act shall Expiry of

expire on the thirtieth day of June in the fifth year next liaonse.

following the date of the issue of the license.

Every license issued under this Act by the Minis- ter may be regranted from time to time on its expiry and shall enure until the thirtieth day of June in the fifth year next following the date of the regrant of the license and every such regrant shall be considered as a substantive license.

(2.)

Every license shall be issued subject to the provi- sions of this Act and to the regulations from time to time in force thereunder and to such other conditions as the Minister may in his discretion in the particular case require.

(3.)

No. 46.] Meat Industry (Treatment Works) [1937.

Licensing.

Holder of	7.	(1.) The holder of a license shall be obliged to
license
obliged to

treat sheep,	treat sheep, pigs, and cattle for members of the public, at
Pigs, and cattle
for members of	charges not exceeding the prescribed charges, at the
public.	treatment works specified in his license, in such numbers during the currency of the license as may be stipulated by the Minister.
(2.) Every licensee who refuses or neglects to comply with a request from any member of the public to treat sheep, pigs, or cattle in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds. Notwithstanding the liability for and the imposition of any such penalty the license issued to the holder so offending may be cancelled by the Minister under the provisions of this Act.

Minister may	8.	The Minister may in his discretion revoke or sus-
revoke or

suspend	pend any license if in the opinion of the Minister the
license.
conditions of the license have not been complied with.

Minister em . 9. The Minister and any person or persons authorised

powere to d

inspect treat- by the Minister shall have the right at all times to enter

ment works.

and inspect all treatment works in the State where sheep, pigs, or cattle or the carcases thereof are treated, whether for export or not.

Regulations. 10. The Governor may make regulations under this

Act prescribing all such matters as in the opinion of the Governor may be necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out the objects of the said Act and in par- ticular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Governor may make regulations prescribing

(a)	forms for use under this Act ;
(b)	the charges to be made by licensees for treating

sheep, pigs, or cattle or the carcases thereof ;

(c) the method of applying for licenses;

(d) the form of licenses;

(e) general conditions which may be attached to

licenses;

(f)	the method of revoking licenses;
(g)	returns to be furnished by persons holding licenses

under this Act;

(h) penalties not exceeding twenty pounds for breach

of a regulation.