Australian Capital Territory

Meat Regulations
in force under the
Meat Act 1931
Republication No 4A
As in force on 31 July 1999
Includes all amendments up to Act 1997 No 70

Prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
This republication is not an authorised republication for the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996.
As in force on
31 July 1999

Australian Capital Territory

Meat Regulations
in force under the
Meat Act 1931
CONTENTS
	Page
	1	Citation	1
	2	Interpretation	1
	4	Slaughter at an abattoir	1
	5	Permit to slaughter	3
	6	Importation of meat	3
	7	Notification of decisions	4
	8	Review of decisions	5
	ENDNOTES
	1	About this republication	7
	2	About the republished subordinate law	7
	3	Abbreviation key	7
	4	Table of legislation	8
	5	Table of amendments	8
	6	Table of earlier republications	9

As in force on
31 July 1999

Australian Capital Territory

Meat Regulations
in force under the
Meat Act 1931
1 	Citation
	These regulations may be cited as the Meat Regulations.
2 	Interpretation
	In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
chief health officer means the chief health officer under the Public Health Act 1997. 
determined fee means the relevant fee determined by the Minister under section 19B of the Act.
the Act means the Meat Act 1931.
4 	Slaughter at an abattoir
	A person shall not slaughter at an abattoir unless he or she holds a permit to slaughter issued by the chief health officer, or is a person employed by the holder of such permit.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—10 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—50 penalty units.

5 	Permit to slaughter
(1) 	The chief health officer may, on the application of any person accompanied by the determined fee, grant to that person a permit to slaughter at an abattoir.
 (1A) 	A permit granted under subregulation (1) is subject to such conditions as are specified in the permit.
(2) 	A permit to slaughter shall, unless sooner suspended or revoked, be valid only for the calendar year in which it is issued.
(3) 	The chief health officer may, at any time, suspend or revoke any permit to slaughter, and thereupon the person holding the permit shall not slaughter any animal at an abattoir.
(4) 	A permit to slaughter may be renewed from 1 January in each year upon payment of the determined fee in respect of each renewal.
(5) 	If an application for a permit or for the renewal of a permit is refused, the determined fee shall be refunded to the applicant.
(7) 	The chief health officer may, on the application of a holder of a permit to slaughter, transfer the permit to any other person named in the application.
6 	Importation of meat
(1) 	A person shall not import into the Territory meat from—
	(a)	a State or Territory to which the Meat Inspection Act 1983 of the Commonwealth does not extend; or
	(b)	premises which are not registered premises within the meaning of the Export Control Act 1982 of the Commonwealth;
unless the meat is imported directly into the Territory from premises approved by the chief health officer for the purposes of this subregulation.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—10 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—50 penalty units. 
(2) 	The chief health officer shall, on an application by the owner or occupier of premises, by notice published in the Gazette, approve those premises for the purposes of subregulation (1) if those premises are maintained and conducted in a satisfactory manner for the clean and efficient slaughter of animals for meat, and dressing, packing and storing of meat, for human consumption.
(3) 	An approval for the purposes of subregulation (1) shall remain in force until the expiration of 30 June next succeeding the day on which the approval was granted or renewed and, subject to subregulation (4), may be renewed or further renewed.
(4) 	The chief health officer shall, on application by the owner or occupier of premises approved by the chief health officer for the purposes of subregulation (1), by notice published in the Gazette, renew the approval of those premises for those purposes if, during the period in which they were so approved, the premises were maintained and conducted in a satisfactory manner for the clean and efficient slaughter of animals for meat, and dressing, packing and storing of meat, for human consumption.
7 	Notification of decisions
(1) 	Where the chief health officer makes a decision—
	(a)	under subregulation 5 (1) to refuse to grant a permit to slaughter at an abbattoir; or
	(b)	under subregulation 5 (1) to impose conditions on a permit to slaughter at an abbattoir; or
	(c)	under subregulation 5 (3) to suspend or to revoke a permit to slaughter at an abbattoir; or
	(d)	under subregulation 5 (4) to refuse to renew a permit to slaughter at an abbattoir; or
	(e)	under subregulation 5 (7) to refuse to transfer a permit to slaughter at an abbattoir; or
	(f)	under subregulation 6 (1) to refuse to approve premises for the purpose of that subregulation; or
	(g)	under subregulation 6 (4) to refuse to renew the approval of premises for the purpose of subregulation 6 (1);
the chief health officer shall, by notice in writing, inform a person whose interests are affected by the decision of the making of the decision.
(2) 	A notice under subregulation (1) shall be in accordance with the requirements of the code of practice in force under subsection 25B (1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989.
8 	Review of decisions
	Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the chief health officer referred to in subregulation 7 (1).

Schedule
	Form A	(See reg 5)
The Australian Capital Territory
Meat Act 1931
Application For Permit To Slaughter
The Chief Health Officer
	I (1) 					hereby apply for a permit to slaughter animals at the public abattoir at					        (or at 				an approved slaughtering place) (as the case may be).
	I forward herewith the sum of $4, being the fee payable for the ensuing year.
	Signature of applicant.
Date
(1) 	Here set out name of applicant in full.

	Form B	(See reg 5)
The Australian Capital Territory
Meat Act 1931
Permit To Slaughter
					of				is hereby permitted to slaughter animals at the public abattoir at			(or at		an approved slaughtering place) (as the case may be).
	This permit is issued subject to the Act and the Regulations made thereunder, and will remain in force until 31December, 19     , and is subject to the following conditions:
Dated this			day of				19     
	Chief Health Officer

ENDNOTES
1	About this republication
This is a republication of the Meat Regulations as in force under the Meat Act 1931 on 31 July 1999.  It includes all amendments made to the regulations up to Act 1997
No 70.
Amending laws are annotated in the table of legislation and table of amendments.
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office currently prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws:  authorised printed republications to which the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 applies and unauthorised electronic republications.  The status of this republication appears on the cover.
Section 13 of the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing a law for republication, to make textual amendments of a formal nature which the Parliamentary Counsel considers desirable in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  The amendments do not effect a substantive change in the law.
In preparing this republication, amendments have not been made under section 13.
Not all amendments made under section 13 are annotated in the table of amendments.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
2	About the republished subordinate law
The Meat Regulations were originally made under the Meat Ordinance 1931  (now the Meat Act 1931).
3	Abbreviation key
Key to abbreviations in tables

am = amended
amdt = amendment
ch = chapter
cl = clause
def = definition
div = division
exp = expires/expired
Gaz = Gazette
hdg = heading
ins = inserted/added
LR = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996
mod = modified
No = number
notfd = notified
o = order
om = omitted/repealed
orig = original
p = page
par = paragraph
pres = present
prev = previous
(prev...) = previously
prov = provision
pt = part
r = rule/subrule
reg = regulation/subregulation
renum = renumbered
reloc = relocated
R[X] = Republication No
s = section/subsection
sch = schedule
sdiv = subdivision
sub = substituted
SL  = Subordinate Law
sp = spent
*  = SL unless otherwise stated
† = Act or Ordinance unless otherwise stated

4	Table of legislation
Subordinate law*	Year and number*	Gazette
notification	Commencement	Transitional provisions	

Meat Regulations		30 July 1931	1 Aug 1931		
	—	27 Aug 1931	27 Aug 1931	—	
	—	1 Mar 1932	1 Mar 1932	—	
	—	4 Jan 1934	4 Jan 1934	—	
	—	2 Apr 1936	2 Apr 1936	—	
	—	22 Dec 1938	22 Dec 1938	—	
	1945 No 1	12 July 1945	12 July 1945	—	
	1953 No 5	1 Apr 1953	1 Apr 1953	—	
	1970 No 3	5 Feb 1970	5 Feb 1970	—	
	1971 No 14	22 Dec 1971	23 Dec 1971	—	
	1975 No 31	15 Dec 1975	15 Dec 1975	—	
	1976 No 20	3 Nov 1976	3 Nov 1976	—	
	1978 No 16	12 Oct 1978	12 Oct 1978	—	
	1979 No 21	16 Oct 1979	16 Oct 1979	—	
	1980 No 3	25 Mar 1980	25 Mar 1980	—	
	1985 No 15	1 July 1985	1 July  1985	—	
	1988 No 4	4 May 1988	4 May 1988	—	
	1988 No 11	1 July 1988	4 May 1988	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	Ord 1989 No 38	10 May 1989	ss 1 and 2: 10 May 1989
remainder: 11 May 1989 (see s 2(2) and Gaz 1989 
No S164)		
Health Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990	Act 1990 No 63	28 Dec 1990	ss 1 and 2: 28 Dec 1990
remainder: 31 Jan 1991 (see s 2(2) and Gaz 1991
 No S4)	ss 6-17	
Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993	Act 1993 No 14	1 Mar 1993	1 Mar 1993
 (see s 2)		
—	1996 No 8	6 June 1996	6 June 1996		
Public Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997	Act 1997 No 70	9 Oct 1997	ss 41, 42 and 43(1): 13 Aug 1998 (see Gaz 1998 No 49
 p 1078)
	ss 41
 and  42	
5	Table of amendments

Provision	How affected*

reg 1	am 1970 No 3
reg 2	am 1985 No 15; Act No 70, 1997
reg 3	om 1985 No 15
reg 4	am 1975 No 31; 1980 No 3; 1985 No 15; 1988 Nos. 4 and 11; Act No 63, 1990: No 8, 1996; Act No 70, 1997
reg 5	am regs notfd 27 August 1931 and 1 March 1932; 1970 No 3; 1975 No 31; 1980 No 3; 1985 No 15; 1988 Nos. 4 and 11; Acts No 63, 1990 and No 70, 1997

reg 6	am 1980 No 3
	sub 1985 No 15
	am 1988 Nos. 4 and 11; Act No 63, 1990; No 8, 1996; Act No 70, 1997
reg 7	am 1980 No 3
	om 1985 No 15
	ins 1988 No 4
	am 1988 No 11; Ordinance No 38, 1989; Acts No 63, 1990, No 60, 1994 and No 70, 1997
reg 8	om 1985 No 15
	ins 1988 No 4
	am 1988 No 11; Ordinance No 38, 1989; Acts No 63, 1990, No 60, 1994 and No 70, 1997
reg 9	am 1975 No 31; 1980 No 3
	om 1985 No 15
reg 10	om 1985 No 15
reg 11	am 1970 No 3; 1976 No 20
	om 1985 No 15
regs 12-15	om 1985 No 15
regs 16, 17	am 1970 No 3
	om 1985 No 15
reg 18	om 1985 No 15
reg 19	sub regs notfd 2 April 1936
	am 1945 No 1
	sub 1953 No 5
	am 1971 No 14; 1976 No 20
	om 1985 No 15
reg 20	om 1985 No 15
reg 20A	ins 1953 No 5
	am 1975 No 31; 1976 No 20; 1978 No 16; 1980 No 3
	om 1985 No 15
reg 21	om No 8, 1996
reg 22	am 1970 No 3; 1979 No 21
	om No 8, 1996
sch	am regs notfd 22 December 1938; 1970 No 3; 1975 No 31; 1980 No 3; 1988 Nos. 4 and 11; Acts No 63, 1990, No 14, 1993 and No 70, 1997

6	Table of earlier republications
Republication No	Amendments  to	Republication date	
(1)	Act 1990 No 63	31 August 1991	
(2)	Act 1993 No 14	31 January 1994	
(3)	Act 1994 No 60	28 February 1995	
4	Act 1997 No 70	31 July 1999	

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