Statutory Rules 1986 No. 3551

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 3 December 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

John Kerin

Minister of State for Primary Industry

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 15 December 1986.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Meat Inspection (Modification) Regulations.

Application of section 29 of the Act in the Australian Capital Territory

3. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “the Schedule” and substituting “Schedule 1”.

4. After regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Application of provisions of the Act in the Northern Territory

“4. For the purposes of sub-section 6 (1) of the Act, the provisions of the Act that are specified in Schedule 2 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 the Northern Territory.”.

(S.R. 215/86)—Cat. No. 14/27.11.1986

5. Before the Schedule to the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Duration of application in the Northern Territory

“5. For the purposes of sub-section 6 (1) of the Act, section 4 of the Act applies with the addition of the following sub-section in relation to the Northern Territory:

‘(8) A Proclamation under sub-section (4) in relation to the Northern Territory remains in force until—

(a) it is revoked by the Governor-General;

(b) except where paragraph (c) applies—the Minister receives an instrument made by the Administrator of that Territory requesting that the Act no longer extend to that Territory; or

(c) where the instrument referred to in paragraph (b) specifies a date as the date on which the Act shall no longer extend to that Territory—that date,

whichever first occurs.’.”.

Schedule 1

6. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting “1” after “SCHEDULE”.

Schedule 2

7. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 4

APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE ACT IN RELATION TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

1. Omit from the title “or for use as animal food”.

2. Omit from the definition of “prescribed premises” in sub-section 3 (1) “, knackery, meat processing plant or animal food processing plant”, substitute “or meat processing plant”.

3. Omit from sub-section 4(1) “or for use as animal food”.

4. Division 2 of Part II does not apply.

5. Omit from sub-section 20 (1) “or for use as animal food”.

6. Sub-section 21 (2) does not apply.

7. Omit from sub-section 21 (3) “or (2)”.

8. Sub-section 22 (2) does not apply.

9. Omit from sub-section 22 (3) “or (2)”.

10. Insert in sub-section 29 (1) “or” before “section 13”.

11. Omit from sub-section 29 (1) all the words from and including “sub-section 14 (2)” to and including “section 19,”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 December 1986.

2. Statutory Rules 1984 No. 116.

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