Statutory Rules 1988 No. 341

Meat Inspection (Modification) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Meat Inspection Act 1983.

Dated 16 March 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Peter Cook

Minister of State for Resources

1. After regulation 6 of the Meat Inspection (Modification) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Application of provisions of the Act in Victoria

“7. For the purposes of subsection 6 (1) of the Act, the provisions of the Act that are specified in Schedule 4 as not applying do not apply, and the provisions of the Act that are specified in that Schedule with modifications apply with those modifications, in relation to Victoria.”.

Schedule 4

2. The Meat Inspection (Modification) Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 7

APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE ACT IN RELATION TO VICTORIA

1. Omit from subsection 4 (1) and paragraph 4 (3) (a) “that is intended for human consumption or for use as animal food”, substitute “, other than the matter of the licensing of premises at which meat is inspected and terms and conditions of licences for such premises,”.

(S.R. 48/88)—Cat. No.         16/26.2.1988

SCHEDULE 4—continued

2. Add at the end of section 4 the following subsection:

“(8) In this section:

‘meat’ means any edible part of:

(a) a bovine animal, sheep, pig, goat, deer or buffalo intended for human consumption; or

(b) a bovine or equine animal, sheep, pig, goat, deer, buffalo, kangaroo, rabbit or hare intended for use as animal food.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 March 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1984 No. 116 as amended by 1986 No. 355; 1987 No. 125.

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