Victorian Consolidated Legislation

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993

No. 40 of 1993
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 December 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Declared diseases or conditions
   5.      Act not to apply in certain cases

   PART 2-MEAT INSPECTION

   6.      Authority to provide inspection services
   7.      Approved inspection services
   8.      Relationship between inspection systems
   9.      Recovery of inspection fees

   PART 3-QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS

   10.     Approval of programs
   10A.    Minister may require certain premises to have quality
           assurance program
   11.     Contents of program
   12.     Compliance monitoring
   12A.    Audit of quality assurance programs of declared facilities
   13.     Withdrawal or suspension

   PART 3A-CODES OF PRACTICE

   13A.    Codes of Practice
   13B.    Procedure for making a Code of Practice
   13C.    Commencement of Code of Practice
   13D.    Availability of Codes of Practice
   13E.    Requirement to comply with Code of Practice

   PART 4-LICENSING

           Division 1-General provisions

   14.     Licence application
   15.     Licensing of food processing facilities
   16.     Fit and proper person-operator and applicant
   17.     Authority may determine application
   18.     Authority must refuse to grant licence in some cases
   19.     Licence period
   20.     Licence renewal
   21.     Variation of a licence
   22.     Suspension or cancellation of licence
   23.     Licensee to comply with other applicable laws
   24.     Review by Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

           Division 2-Operators

   25.     Operators of meat processing facilities
   26.     Change of nomination
   27.     Powers and functions of operator
   28.     Operator's and licensee's names to be displayed

   PART 5-DUTIES CONCERNING MEAT PROCESSING FACILITIES

           Division 1-Offences concerning meat processing facilities

   29.     Records
   30.     Testing for chemicals and disease
   31.     Unauthorised removal of stored meat
   32.     Diseased meat
   33.     Unauthorised alteration of facility

           Division 2-Fitness for consumption

   34.     Ban on sale of certain meat for consumption
   35.     Ban on sale or slaughter
   36.     Ban on sale of meat from knackery
   37.     Ban on sale of pet food for human consumption
   37A.    Ban on sale of certain meat at butcher shops

           Division 3-Other offences

   38.     Slaughter at unlicensed premises
   39.     Branding
   40.     Unlicensed facilities
   41.     Failure to comply with licence conditions or restrictions
   42.     False information

   PART 5A-MEAT TRANSPORT VEHICLES

   42A.    Use of unlicensed vehicle
   42B.    Breach of licence conditions or restrictions

   PART 6-PRIMESAFE

           Division 1-Administration

   43.     Establishment of the Authority
   44.     Functions of the Authority
   45.     Powers of the Authority
   46.     Accountability of Authority
   47.     Immunity
   48.     Membership of the Authority
   49.     Terms of appointment
   50.     Vacancies
   51.     Payment of members
   52.     Procedure of the Authority
   53.     Effect of vacancy or defect
   54.     Staff
   55.     Terms and conditions of staff
   56.     Pecuniary interests of chief executive officer and members
   57.     Confidentiality
   58.     Delegation

           Division 2-Financial

           59-62. Repealed
   63.     Repayment of advances
   64.     Corporate plan

           Division 3-Selection committee

   65.     Establishment of the committee
   66.     Recommendations of a selection committee
   67.     Procedure
   68.     Expenses of the committee
   69.     Dissolution of committee

   PART 7-ENFORCEMENT

   70.     Appointment of inspectors
   71.     Identification of inspectors
   72.     Powers of inspectors
   73.     Offence to obstruct an inspector
   74.     Powers of chief executive officer
   74A.    Chief executive officer may obtain enforcement order
   75.     Evidence
   76.     Proceedings
   77.     Service of documents

   PART 8-REGULATIONS

   78.     Regulations

   PART 9-AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1-Repealed

           79-83. Repealed

           Division 2-Transitional provisions

   84.     Repealed
   85.     Certain matters to have continuing effect
   86.     Licences and registrations
   87.     Abolition of VAMIA
   88.     Appeals
   89.     Continuation of superannuation entitlements
   90.     Interpretation of Legislation Act not affected
   91.     Termination of reference of inspection powers to
           Commonwealth
   92.     References
   93.     Transitional-change of membership of selection committee
   94.     Effect of change of name and membership of Authority
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           SCHEDULE 1-Listed Diseases and Conditions of Consumable
           Animals excluding Poultry
           SCHEDULE 2-Repealed
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details