Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY ACT 1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARYýÜ

   1.      Short title 
   2.      Commencement 
   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

   7.      Definitions 
   8.      Meat or live-stock export business 
   9.      Secretary must have regard to industry policies 
   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 
   17.     Licence also subject to compliance with orders and directions under this 
   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 
   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 
   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 

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

   58.     Definitions 
   59.     Minister must have regard to industry policies 
   60.     Declaration of industry marketing and research bodies 
   61.     Declaration of approved donors 
   62.     Bodies to inform Minister about changes to their memoranda and articles 
   63.     Payments to the marketing body 
   64.     Payments to the 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 

   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