Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY ACT 1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement [see Note 1]  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Crown to be bound  
   5.      Application of this Act  
   6.      Application of the Criminal Code  

   PART 2--CONTROL OF MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK EXPORTS

           Division 1--Preliminary

   7.      Definitions  
   8.      Meat or live-stock export business  
   9.      Secretary must have regard to industry policies  

           Division 2--Export licences

   10.     Grant of export licence  
   11.     Application for licence  
   12.     Requirements for grant of licence  
   13.     Notice of refusal to grant licence  
   14.     Review of refusal to grant licence  
   15.     Licence subject to prescribed conditions  
   16.     Licence subject to condition that holder inform the Secretary of certain events  
   17.     Licence also subject to compliance with orders and directions under this section  
   18.     Secretary may make certain orders  
   19.     Orders are disallowable instruments  
   20.     Directions by the Secretary  
   21.     Duration of licence  
   22.     Renewal of licence  
   23.     Notice to licence holder to show cause  
   24.     Powers of the Secretary in relation to licence  
   25.     Cancellation of licence at request of holder  
   25A.    Secretary's powers in relation to licensing of associates  

           Division 3--Export quotas

   26.     Definitions  
   27.     Orders establishing a system or systems of quotas  
   28.     Cancellation and variation of quotas  
   29.     Reimbursement for reduction of rights under quota  
   30.     Review of decisions  
   31.     Licensees to comply with quota system  
   32.     Policies on quotas to be made available on request  
   33.     Concurrent operation of the Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Act and this Division and Division 2  

           Division 4--Enforcement

   34.     Searches to monitor compliance with Part  
   35.     Offence-related searches and seizures  
   36.     Release of seized goods  
   37.     Offence-related warrants  
   38.     Announcement before entry  
   39.     Details of warrant to be given to occupier  
   40.     Use of equipment to examine or process things  
   41.     Use of electronic equipment at premises  
   42.     Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  
   43.     Copies of seized things to be given  
   44.     Return of things that are seized  
   45.     Court of summary jurisdiction may permit a thing to be kept  
   46.     Warrants may be granted by telephone in urgent circumstances  
   47.     Power of authorised officer to require information or documents  
   48.     Help to authorised officers  
   49.     Authorised officers  
   50.     Protection of authorised officers and other people  
   51.     Secretary may require information or documents  
   52.     Nominees  
   53.     Evidence of analyst  
   54.     Export of meat or live-stock without export licence etc.  
   55.     False information etc.  
   56.     Person falsely holding out to be the holder of licence etc.  
   57.     Forfeiture of goods  

           Division 5--Report to Parliament

   57AA.   Report to Parliament  

   PART 2A--AUSTRALIAN CODE FOR THE EXPORT OF LIVE-STOCK

   57A.    Australian Code for the Export of Live-stock  

   PART 3--INDUSTRY MARKETING AND RESEARCH BODIES, AND APPROVED DONORS

           Division 1--Preliminary

   58.     Definitions  
   59.     Minister must have regard to industry policies  

           Division 2--Declaration of industry bodies and approved donors

   60.     Declaration of industry bodies  
   61.     Declaration of approved donors  
   62.     Bodies to inform Minister about changes to their constitution  

           Division 3--Payments to industry bodies

   63.     Payments to the industry marketing body  
   64.     Payments to the industry research body  
   64A.    Payments to the live-stock export marketing body  
   64B.    Payments to the live-stock export research body  
   64C.    Payments to the meat processor marketing body  
   64D.    Payments to the meat processor research body  
   65.     References to amounts of levy and amounts of charge  
   66.     Commonwealth's matching payments  
   67.     Application of money  
   68.     Reimbursement of Commonwealth  

           Division 4--Reporting to Parliament in relation to live-stock export bodies

   68A.    Division applies if Minister and live-stock export body enter into funding agreement  
   68B.    Reporting to Parliament about funding agreement and variations  
   68C.    Reporting to Parliament about compliance with funding agreement  
   68D.    Minister to table live-stock export body's annual report in Parliament  

           Division 5--Use of information

   68E.    Use of levy information provided to industry bodies  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

   69.     Ministerial directions  
   70.     Delegations  
   71.     Compensation for acquisition of property  
   72.     Minister not to be taken to be a director of a company  
   73.     Operation of certain laws not restricted  
   74.     Regulations