Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Amendment Regulations 2022 (WA)

528 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 11 March 2022

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

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Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976

Western Australian Meat Industry Authority

Amendment Regulations 2022

SL 2022/21

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Western Australian Meat Industry
Authority Amendment Regulations 2022.

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 the day on which the

Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Part 15 comes into operation.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Western Australian Meat Industry
Authority Regulations 1985.

4.             Regulation 11 amended

Delete regulation 11(2A) and insert:

(2A)	Before branding any carcase as lamb under subregulation (2) the owner must ensure that the fatness of the carcase has been determined by or under the supervision of an inspector in accordance with the following tissue depths at a site over the 12th rib and
11 cm from the backbone —

Fat class	Tissue depth (mm)
1	up to 5
2	over 5 and up to 10
3	over 10 and up to 15

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Fat class	Tissue depth (mm)
4	over 15 and up to 20
5	over 20

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $5 000.

5.             Regulation 33Q amended

In regulation 33Q(3) delete “Occupational Safety and Health
Regulations 1996” and insert:

Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022

6.             Various penalties amended

In the provisions listed in the Table delete “Penalty:” and insert:

Penalty for this subregulation:

Table

r. 5(2)	r. 6(2)
r. 8(2)	r. 11(4)
r. 13(3)	r. 14(3)
r. 16(2)	r. 30(4)
r. 32(1)	r. 33A(1)
r. 33F(1) and (2)	r. 33G(2)
r. 33I(1)	r. 33J(3) and (4)
r. 33K(2)	r. 33L(2)
r. 33O(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)	r. 33P(2)
r. 33Q(2)	r. 33R(2) and (3)
r. 33S(2)	r. 33T(1) and (2)
r. 33U(1) and (3)	r. 33V(1)
r. 33W(1)	r. 33X(3)

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.