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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Agriculture Legislation (Amendment) Act 2001
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 2
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 3
3. Classes of exemptions by the Minister 3
4. Suitability of persons to conduct audits of quality assurance
programs 3
5. Decisions reviewable by the Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal 3
6. Repeal of ban on slaughter and sale of certain animal meat 4
7. New section 46 substituted 4
PART 3--REPEAL OF SPENT ACTS 5
8. Repeal of the Margarine (Repeal) Act 1994 5
9. Repeal of the Quarantine Officers (Transfer) Act 1990 5
10. Repeal of the Tobacco Leaf Industry (Deregulation) Act 1994 5
ENDNOTES 6
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 2 May 2001
A BILL
to amend the Meat Industry Act 1993, to repeal the Margarine
(Repeal) Act 1994, the Quarantine Officers (Transfer) Act 1990
and the Tobacco Leaf Industry (Deregulation) Act 1994 and for
other purposes.
Agriculture Legislation (Amendment)
Act 2001
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are--
(a) to amend the Meat Industry Act 1993--
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(i) to provide for review of further
decisions of the Authority by the
Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal;
5 (ii) to limit the Minister's power of
exemption to classes of licensees and
classes of meat processing facilities;
(iii) to limit the Authority's power to impose
restrictions on persons who may
10 conduct audits of quality assurance
programs;
(iv) for other minor purposes;
(b) to repeal the Margarine (Repeal) Act 1994;
(c) to repeal the Quarantine Officers
15 (Transfer) Act 1990;
(d) to repeal the Tobacco Leaf Industry
(Deregulation) Act 1994.
2. Commencement
(1) This Act (except section 6) comes into operation
20 on the day after the day on which this Act receives
the Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to sub-section (3), section 6 comes into
operation on a day to be proclaimed.
(3) If section 6 does not come into operation before
25 1 December 2002, it comes into operation on that
day.
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PART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE MEAT INDUSTRY ACT
1993
3. Classes of exemptions by the Minister
See: In section 5 of the Meat Industry Act 1993, for
Act No.
5 sub-section (2) substitute--
40/1993.
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"(2) The Minister, by notice published in the
as at
1 January
Government Gazette--
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10 (b) may exempt a class of meat processing
facility from this Act or from any
provisions of this Act.".
4. Suitability of persons to conduct audits of quality
assurance programs
15 In section 12A(2) of the Meat Industry Act 1993,
for paragraph (d) substitute--
"(d) may impose restrictions relating to the
suitability of persons to conduct any required
audit; and".
20 5. Decisions reviewable by the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal
In section 24(1) of the Meat Industry Act
1993--
(a) in paragraph (d), for "Part 5--" substitute
25 "Part 5; or";
(b) after paragraph (d) insert--
"(e) refuse to approve a person or body to
be an approved inspection service; or
(f) impose or vary a restriction relating to
30 the suitability of persons to conduct a
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required audit of a quality assurance
program of a declared facility--".
6. Repeal of ban on slaughter and sale of certain animal
meat
5 In section 35 of the Meat Industry Act 1993,
sub-section (6) is repealed.
7. New section 46 substituted
For section 46 of the Meat Industry Act 1993
substitute--
10 "46. Accountability of Authority
(1) The Authority must exercise its powers and
perform its functions under this Act subject
to any specific written directions given by
the Minister in relation to a matter or class of
15 matters specified in the directions.
(2) Where the Authority has been given a
written direction under sub-section (1), the
Authority must publish that direction--
(a) in the Government Gazette; and
20 (b) in the Authority's next report of
operations under Part 7 of the
Financial Management Act 1994.".
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PART 3--REPEAL OF SPENT ACTS
8. Repeal of the Margarine (Repeal) Act 1994
See: The Margarine (Repeal) Act 1994 is repealed.
Act No.
64/1994.
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9. Repeal of the Quarantine Officers (Transfer) Act
5 1990
See: The Quarantine Officers (Transfer) Act 1990 is
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repealed.
27/1990.
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10. Repeal of the Tobacco Leaf Industry (Deregulation)
Act 1994
See:
10 The Tobacco Leaf Industry (Deregulation) Act
Act No.
1994 is repealed.
47/1994.
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ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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