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MEAT HYGIENE ACT 1985 - SECT 52

52. Prohibition of sale of meat, &c., in certain circumstances

      (1) A person shall not sell or process for sale any meat, unless –

(a) it was produced at licensed meat premises and is fit for human consumption;

(b) it was produced in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth at premises licensed under any Act of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth and is fit for human consumption.

(c) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

      (1A) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 3 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

      (2) A person shall not sell any meat product unless it was produced from meat of a kind referred to in subsection (1).

      (2A) A person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 3 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

      (3) This section does not apply in relation to any meat or meat product imported into the Commonwealth in accordance with the Quarantine Act 1908 of the Commonwealth.



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