Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964
Act No. 100 of 1964 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 7 March 2000
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 146 of 1999
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
1............ Short title [see Note 1]........................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1
3............ Interpretation....................................................................................... 1
5............ Arrangements between Commonwealth and States and State meat authorities 1
Notes 3
An Act providing for Arrangements with the States and State Meat Authorities with respect to Meat Inspection
1 Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
person employed by the Commonwealth means a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999.
State includes the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island.
State meat authority means an authority that is constituted by or under a law of a State and is vested with powers and functions in relation to the slaughtering of live-stock.
State meat inspector means a person who is employed as a meat inspector by a State or a State meat authority or holds an appointment as a meat inspector under a law of a State.
5 Arrangements between Commonwealth and States and State meat authorities
(1) The Commonwealth may enter into an arrangement with a State or with a State meat authority with respect to the inspection of meat for or on behalf of the State or the State meat authority, or under a State Act, by persons employed by the Commonwealth.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), an arrangement under that subsection with a State or with a State meat authority may make provision for or in relation to:
(a) the appointment of State meat inspectors to, and the employment of State meat inspectors in, the Australian Public Service;
(b) the payments to be made by the State or the State meat authority, as the case may be, to the Commonwealth for or in respect of the performance of work under the arrangement by persons employed by the Commonwealth; and
(c) any other matter incidental to or relating to the performance of work under the arrangement by persons employed by the Commonwealth.
(a) The Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 was amended by section 91 only of the Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides that section 91 shall come into operation on Royal Assent.
(b) The Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 586) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provides as follows:
(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.
(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.