Meat Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

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Regulations 1985 No. 15'

Meat Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, NEAL BLEWETT, the Minister of State for Health, hereby make the following Regulations under the Meat Ordinance 1931.

Dated 17 June 1985.

NEAL BLEWETT

Minister of State for Health

Interpretation

1. Regulation 2 of the Meat Regulations is amended by omitting the

definition of "Superintendent" and substituting the following definitions:

" 'determined fee' means the relevant fee determined by the Minister under

section 19B of the Ordinance;

'the Ordinance' means the Meat Ordinance 1931".

Repeal of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3 of the Meat Regulations is repealed.

Permit to slaughter

3. Regulation 4 of the Meat Regulations is amended by omitting "a public

abattoir or at an approved slaughtering place" and substituting "an abattoir".

Fees

4. Regulation 5 of the Meat Regulations is amended—

(b)	by omitting from sub-regulation (3) "a public abattoir or approved slaughtering place" and substituting "an abattoir";
(c)	by omitting from sub-regulation (4) "a fee of $4" and substituting "the determined fee"; and
(d)	by omitting from sub-regulation (5) "fee of $4" and substituting
"determined fee".
(a)	by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting th»- following sub-regulations:

"(1) The Chairman may, on the application of any person accompanied by the determined fee, grant to that person a permit to slaughter at an abattoir.

"(lA) A permit granted under sub-regulation (1) is subject to sucji

conditions as are specified in the permit.";

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5. Regulations 6 to 20A (inclusive) of the Meat Regulations are repealed

and the following regulation is substituted:
Importation of meat

"6.	(1) A person shall not import into the Territory meat from—
(a)	a State or Territory to which the Meat Inspection Act 1983 does not extend; or
(b)	premises which are not registered premises within the meaning of the Export Control Act 1982,

unless the meat is imported directly into the Territory from premises approved
by the Chairman for the purposes of this sub-regulation.

"(2) The Chairman shall, on an application by the owner or occupier of premises, by notice published in the Gazette, approve those premises for the purposes of sub-regulation (1) if those premises are maintained and conducted in a satisfactory manner for the clean and efficient slaughter of animals for meat, and dressing, packing and storing of meat, for human consumption.

"(3) An approval for the purposes of sub-regulation (1) shall remain in force until the expiration of 30 June next succeeding the day on which the approval was granted or renewed and, subject to sub-regulation (4), may be renewed or further renewed.
"(4) The Chairman shall, on application by the owner or occupier of premises approved by the Chairman for the purposes of sub-regulation (1), by notice published in the Gazette, renew the approval of those premises for those purposes if, during the period in which they were so approved, the premises were maintained and conducted in a satisfactory manner for the clean and efficient slaughter of animals for meat, and dressing, packing and storing of meat, for human consumption.".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 July 1985.

2.    Regulations notified in the Gazette on 30 July 1931 as amended by Regulations notified in the Gazette on 27 August 1931, 10 March 1932, 4 January 1934, 2 April 1936, 22 December 1938 and by Regulations 1945 No. 1; 1953 No. 5; 1970 No. 3; 1971 No. 14; 1975 No. 31; 1976 No. 20; 1978 No. 16; 1979 No. 21; 1980 No. 3.