The Metropolitan Abattoirs Act Further Amendment Act 1911 (SA)

ANNO SECUNDO

GEORGII V R.EGIS.

No. 1059.

An Act to further amend " The Metropolitan Abattoirs

Act, 1908," and for other purposes.

[ A s s e d ed to, Ua-ewzber 23rd, 191 t. ]

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

follow S :

1. (1) This Act may be cited alone as The JZetropolitan Short title.

Abattoirs Act Further Amendment Act, 191 1 ."

(2) " The lletropolitan Abattoirs Act, 1908 " (heminafter called No. 967 of 1908.

the principal Act "), " The Metropolitan Abattoirs Act Amend- NO. 1009 1910.

ment Act, 1910," and this Act, may be cited together as "The

Metropolitan Abattoirs Acts, 1908 to 1911."

Metropolitan Abattoirs Act Amendment Act, 19 10," and those Acts other Acta. 2, This Act is incorporatccl with the principal Act and " The Incorpol.etion with

and this Act shall be read as one Act.

3, I n assessing any land of or held by the Board for the Baeia of as~esament

prposes of Municipal or District Council rates, such assessment of Board's lands for

shall be made according to a percentage of five per centum on the xo+ ,,,	,,08.
capital value of the land and any buildings and erections thereon, except the buildings and erections usrd-for or incidental to the carrying out of the powers and functions of the Board, but not excepting any buildings or parts of buildings used as offices or dwelling-houses.

4, I n addition to the monev which the Board is by the principal Increase of bornwing Abattoirs Act Amendment power of Board.

Act, as amended by The ~ e t r o ~ o l i t a n

Act, 1910," authorised to borrow, the Board may borrow in manner provided in such Acts any further sum or sums of money not

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exceeding in the aggregate Fifty-five Thousand Pounds for the

following purposes, or any of them, that is to say :-

( a ) For the installation of plant and the erection of buildings for

thc purpose of and in connection with the delivery of

meat:

( b ) The erection of cottages for employhs of the Board:

(c) The purchase of additional land:

(d) The erection of hide and skin markets.

Section 54 amended. 5, Section 54 of the principal Act is further amended by adding

be BOM if previouely the following proviso after the l~roviso added by subdivision I.	Certain articles may
inspected by a of section 12 of " The hletropolita~i Abattoirs *4ct Amendment Act,
Customs other. 1910." namely: -" Yrovicied also that it shall be lawful for any

loo' to expbse for sale and to sell within the said area pig's feet, ox-tongues, ox-tails? sheep's kidneys, sheep's tongues, and casings for sausages obtained from any part of the Commonwealth of Australia, if the same have been previously inspected and the packages in which they are contained have been marked by an officer of Customs under the said (Commonwenlth) Commerce (Trades Descriptions) Act, 1905, or any Act amending or substituted for that Act."

Conditional exemp-

tion as to certain 6, Notwithstanding anything in any Act incorporated herewith

articlea.

it shall be lawful for any person to expose for sale and to sell

within the metropolitan abattoirs area--

(a) Ox-tongues, ox-tails, sheep's kidneys, sheep's tongues, and

cas i~~gs for sausages, sold by the South Australian Govern- men t Produce 1)epartrnent: Provided that there is de- livered with such goods to the purchaser from the said Department, a certificate in writing, signed by the manager or person in charge of the said Department, stating that the animals from which the goods were taken were prior to

inspected by an inspector of the said 1)epartment and were slaughter, and that the carcasses thereof were after slaughter, fiee from disease:

( h ) Ox-tongues, ox-tails, sheep's kidneys, and sheep's tongues

brought from without the said area: Provided that the person so exposing fur sale or selling such goods has previously given notice in writing to the Board, specifying the goods and stating from whom and when they were received by him and where they may be inspected.

Penalt for delivering 7. If the manager or person in charge of the South Australian any such goods as are mentioned in subdivision (Q) of section 6 of this Act without a certificate in writing as therein mentioned he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

o o h Jmm Produoe

bepartment witbout	Government Produce Department delivers or permits to be delivered
certificate.
Pendty-First offence, Ten Pounds; second offence, Twenty-five
Pounds ; and every subsequent offence, Fifty pounds.

8. Any

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8, Any person who purchases from the South Australiail Pellelty for not

Government Produce Department any such goods as are mentioned ce~ifirhate. producing such

in subdivision ( a ) of section G of this Act shall, upon diimand b y

any inspector of the Hoard, produce to him such a certificate as to

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such goods as is mentioned in the said subdivision, and in default

thereof shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Penalty-First offence, Ten Pounds; second offence, Twenty-five

Pounds; and every subsequent offence, Fifty Pounds.

9, Any person who has in his possession any such goods as are Penalty for not producing goods

mentioned in subdivision ( b ) of section 6 of this Act shall, upon , , in8pap.ction,

demand by any inspector of the Board, produce the same for his inspection, and in default thereof shall be guilty ot' an offence against this Act.

Penalty-First offence, Ten Pounds; second offence, Twenty-five

Pounds; and every subsequent offence, Fifty Pounds.

10, Notwithstanding anything contained in section 57 of 'the	Board to have
exclusive right to

principal Act, the Board shall have the exclusive right to slaughter

slaughter stock.

stock at the abattoirs, and may charge such fees for slaughtering as

it may think fit.

11. Section 68 of the principal Act is repeded and the following provisions are hereby enacted and substituted in lieu thereof,

Board to have exclusive righta to

deliver meat from

namely :-

abattoirs.

The Board shall have the exclusive right to deliver meat of stock slaughtered at the abattoirs to the owners within the Metropolitan Abattoirs Area, and may make such charges for the delivery thereof as it may think fit: Provided that the charges for delivery of meat to retail butchers shall be the same throughout the said area irrespective of distance or the

places where such butchers respectively carry on business.

The Board shall have a lien on all stock and meat of any owner for the time being on the property of, or in the pos- session of, the Board for charges for slaughtering or delivery for the time being owing by him to the Board.

' 12. If any dispute hereafter arises between any of the employ&	Indutrial disputes to
be settled by arbitra-
of the Board, or any trades or other union, or any association or	tion.
organization of or on behalf of such employ&, and the Board as to the wages or remuneration to be paid to such employ& or other employQs of the Board, or as to their hours of work or any other condition of their employment, such dispute shall be forthwith referred to an arbitratbr o r arbitrators to be mutually agreed upon between the parties, or, failing such agreement, to the Court of Industrial Appeals constituted by The Factories Act, 1907," or any Court to wbch the functions of the said Court are by any Act transferred; and the award of such arbitrator or arbitrators or

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of the Court (as the case may be) shall be final and shall not be reopened for a period of at least twelve months from the date thereof.

Strikes prohibited. 13, (1) If any of the employ(?s of the Board on acxount of any

such dispute, discontinue their employment, or break their contracts

of service, or refuse or fail after such discontinuance to resume or

return to their employment they shall be guilty of an act in the nature of a strike; and every person, or trades or other union, or association or organization who or which in any way counsels, takes part in, supports, or assists directly or indirectly any such act shall also be guilty of an act in the nature of a strike.

(2) Any person, trades or other union, or association or organiza- tion guilty of an act in the nature of a strike, within the meaning of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding One Thousand Pounds, or in the case of an individual to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labor.

Board and member8

not liable if unable to 14, The Board shall not, nor shall any member thereof, be liable

perform contracts	in damages or otherwise on account or by reason of the non-perform-
through etrikes, &c.	ance of any contract, or any delay in executing any contract, which may be caused by reason of any strike, lockout (not being the act of the Board), industrial dispute, the act of God, or unavoidable accident, or any other circumstance (other than the want of funds) beyond the control of the Board.
AfterBoard'smakete

ready cattle not to be 15, After the date specified in any notice given under section 72

sold eleewhere	of the principal Act i t shall not be lawful for any person to sell by
within the Abattoirs
Area.	auction any cattle, sheep, calves, or pigs, at any sale yard, or other premises within the Metropolitan Abattoirs Area, except at the market mentioned in such notice: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the sale by auction or otherwise of any stock on the premises of or occupied by the owner of such
stock: Provided also that the Board may- (anything in section 7 3
of the principal Act to the contrary notwithstanding) establish a
market in the city of Adelaide for the sale of milch cows only, and
until the same shall be established the provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of milch cows. For the purposes of this section
milch cows " shall mean cows in milk, but shall not include springers or dry cattle.

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

DAY H. BOSANQUET, Governor,

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Adelaide : By authority, R. E. E. ~oosm, '~overnrnent ~rinter, North Terrace.