EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 No. 347
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
EXPORTS (MEAT) REGULATIONS
The Exports (Meat) Regulations are made under the Customs Act 1901 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 and lay down the conditions of export of meat (including cattle, buffaloes, horses, calves, sheep, lambs, pigs, goats, deer, rabbits, hares and poultry) from Australia.
One condition of export is that all meat be inspected by officers appointed for that purpose. The Department of Primary Industry is empowered, under the Regulations, to charge for these inspections when they are conducted outside the inspectors’ normal hours of duty.
The purpose of this amendment is to increase the rates chargeable by the Department of Primary Industry so that the full cost of overtime payments to inspectors can be recouped. In addition to increasing the rates, the new regulations provide a separate rate for inspections performed on a public holiday. This brings these Regulations into line with the other Export Regulations.