Game, Poultry and Rabbit Meat Amendment Orders 2010 (No. 1)1

I, JOSEPH WILLIAM LUDWIG, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make the following orders under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982.

Dated                11th November  2010

 

JOSEPH WILLIAM LUDWIG

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry


1 Name of Orders

  These Orders are the Game, Poultry and Rabbit Meat Amendment Orders 2010 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Orders commence on the commencement of the Export Control (Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Orders 2010.2

3 Amendment of Game, Poultry and Rabbit Meat Orders 1985

  Schedule 1 amends the Game, Poultry and Rabbit Meat Orders 1985.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(order 3)

 

[1] Order 1

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Game, Poultry and Rabbit Meat Orders 1985

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Export Control (Rabbit and Ratite Meat) Orders 1985

[2] Suborder 4.1

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 4.1 These Orders apply to the following goods:

 (a) rabbit meat;

 (b) rabbit meat products;

 (c) ratite meat;

 (d) ratite meat products.

 4.1A However, these Orders do not apply to goods to which the Export Control (Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Orders 2010 apply.

[3] Suborder 5.1, definition of boiler Fowl

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Australian Rabbit Meat Standard means the Australian Standard for Hygienic Production of Rabbit Meat for Human Consumption (AS 4466:1997), as in force on 1 December 2010.

Australian Ratite Meat Standard means the Australian Standard for Hygienic Production of Ratite (Emu/Ostrich) meat for Human Consumption (AS 5010:2001), as in force on 1 December 2010.

[4] Suborder 5.1, definitions of dressed whole bird, game animal, game meat, game meat product, giblets, gizzard, poultry, poultry meat and poultry meat product

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[5] Suborder 5.1, after definition of ratite

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ratite meat means a part of a ratite that is intended for human consumption.

ratite meat product means a food that has been processed beyond boning, slicing or trimming, other than soup, that is suitable for human consumption, being a food that:

 (a) has been prepared from ratite meat; or

 (b) contains in excess of 5% by mass of ratite meat.

[6] Suborder 5.1, definition of spur

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[7] Suborder 5.2

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[8] Order 5A

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5A Application of Orders to ratite meat and ratite meat products

  A condition or restriction specified by an export control order (including these Orders) applies to ratite meat and ratite meat products only to the extent that a condition or restriction of that kind is required to be complied with by the country to which the ratite meat or ratite meat products are to be exported.

[9] Order 6

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game animals or

[10] Order 6A

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6A Separate registration

  An establishment that is intended to be used to dress rabbits shall be registered only for that operation and shall not be concurrently registered for an operation that includes the preparation (other than storage) of prescribed goods to which the Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Orders 2005 or the Export Control (Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Orders 2010 apply.

[11] Paragraphs 7 (a) and (b)

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[12] Paragraph 7 (c)

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 (c) if the prescribed goods are ratite meat or ratite meat products – the Australian Ratite Meat Standard; or

[13] Paragraph 7 (d)

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Exports (Meat) Regulations

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Australian Rabbit Meat Standard

[14] Paragraphs 8.1 (a) and (b)

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[15] Paragraph 8.1 (c)

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 (c) if the prescribed goods are ratite meat or ratite meat products – the Australian Ratite Meat Standard; or

[16] Paragraph 8.1 (d)

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Exports (Meat) Regulations

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Australian Rabbit Meat Standard

[17] Order 9

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Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Order 2005

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, shall be applied to the outside of a carton, barrel or cask into which the goods are packed.

[18] Paragraphs 10 (d) and (e)

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[19] Order 11

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being:

 (a) poultry meat or poultry meat products; or

 (b) rabbit meat or rabbit meat products;

[20] Order 20

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[21] Paragraph 34.2 (a)

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poultry

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ratite

[22] Order 35

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[23] Subparagraphs 37 (d) (i) and (ii)

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[24] Subparagraphs 39 (d) (i) and (iv)

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[25] Order 40

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Where poultry from which poultry meat and poultry meat products

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Where ratites from which ratite meat or ratite meat products

[26] Part 11

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[27] Schedule 1, heading

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Schedule 1 Inspection stamp

(order 11)

[28] Schedule 1

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poultry

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ratites

[29] Schedule 2, items 1, 2 and 3

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[30] Schedule 2, items 10 to 20

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Notes

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.

2. The Export Control (Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Orders 2010 are to commence on 1 December 2010 (or if they have not been registered by 1 December 2010, the day after they are registered).