Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 (Cth)

Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964

Act No. 100 of 1964 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 7 March 2000

taking into account amendments up to Act No. 146 of 1999

The text of any of those amendments not in force

on that date is appended in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,

Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

      

Contents

An Act providing for Arrangements with the States and State Meat Authorities with respect to Meat Inspection

   1Short title [see Note 1]

 This Act may be cited as the Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964.

2Commencement [see Note 1]

 This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Interpretation

• (1)

  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

person employed by the Commonwealth means a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999.

State includes the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island.

State meat authority means an authority that is constituted by or under a law of a State and is vested with powers and functions in relation to the slaughtering of live-stock.

State meat inspector means a person who is employed as a meat inspector by a State or a State meat authority or holds an appointment as a meat inspector under a law of a State.

5Arrangements between Commonwealth and States and State meat authorities

• (1)

  The Commonwealth may enter into an arrangement with a State or with a State meat authority with respect to the inspection of meat for or on behalf of the State or the State meat authority, or under a State Act, by persons employed by the Commonwealth.

• (2)

  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), an arrangement under that subsection with a State or with a State meat authority may make provision for or in relation to:

  • (a)

    the appointment of State meat inspectors to, and the employment of State meat inspectors in, the Australian Public Service;

  • (b)

    the payments to be made by the State or the State meat authority, as the case may be, to the Commonwealth for or in respect of the performance of work under the arrangement by persons employed by the Commonwealth; and

  • (c)

    any other matter incidental to or relating to the performance of work under the arrangement by persons employed by the Commonwealth.

Notes to theMeat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964

Note 1

The Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 100, 1964 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964	100, 1964	20 Nov 1964	20 Nov 1964
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976	192, 1976	20 Dec 1976	20 Dec 1976	—
Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982	111, 1982	5 Nov 1982	S. 91: Royal Assent (a)	—
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1983	91, 1983	22 Nov 1983	20 Dec 1983	—
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 586): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (b)	—

(a) The Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 was amended by section 91 only of the Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides that section 91 shall come into operation on Royal Assent.

(b) The Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 586) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provides as follows:

• (1)

  In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

• (2)

  Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted  am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3.........................................	am. No. 91, 1983; No. 146, 1999
S. 4.........................................	rep. No. 91, 1983
S. 5.........................................	am. No. 91, 1983
S. 6.........................................	rep. No. 91, 1983
S. 7.........................................	am. No. 111, 1982
rep. No. 91, 1983
Ss. 8, 9...................................	rep. No. 91, 1983
S. 10.......................................	rep. No. 192, 1976
S. 11.......................................	rep. No. 91, 1983