Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Amendment Regulations 2019 (WA)

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AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

AG301

Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976

Western Australian Meat Industry Authority

Amendment Regulations 2019

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Western Australian Meat Industry

Authority Amendment Regulations 2019.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2019.

wear;

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Western Australian Meat Industry

Authority Regulations 1985.

4.           Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3(1) delete the definition of lamb and insert:

lamb means a sheep that —

(a)	is under 12 months old; or
(b)	does not have any permanent incisor teeth in

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5.      Regulation 11 amended

(1)	Delete regulation 11(1) and insert:
(1) The prescribed characteristics of a carcase that is to be branded as lamb are that the carcase is of a sheep that -

(a)	is under 12 months old; or
(b)	does not have any permanent incisor teeth in

wear.

(2) Delete regulation 11 (5)(a) and insert:

(a) that the carcase is of a sheep that -

(i) is under 12 months old; or

(ii) does not have any permanent incisor

teeth in wear;

and

6.      Regulation 13 amended

(1)	Delete regulation 13(1 ) and insert:
(1) The prescribed characteristics of a carcase that is to be branded as hogget are that the carcase -

(a) either—

(i) is of a female sheep that has 1 but no

more than 2 permanent incisor teeth in
wear; or

(ii) is of a castrate male sheep that -

(I)	has 1 but no more than 2
permanent incisor teeth in wear; and

(II)	shows no evidence of
secondary sexual characteristics;

and

(b) is of fat class 2, 3 or 4 determined in
accordance with subregulation (3)(b).

(2) Delete regulation 13(3)(a) and insert:

(a) by or under the supervision of an inspector, the
carcase has been -

(i) mouthed; and

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(ii) if it is the carcase of a castrate male

sheep, inspected for evidence of secondary sexual characteristics;

and

R. NEILSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.