MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 10A Minister may require certain premises to have quality assurance program

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 10A

    (1)     The Minister may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, declare that a class of—

        (a)     butcher shops; or

        (b)     places at which the predominant activity is the production or processing of manufactured meat, other than places that are solely used to store food in a chilled or frozen state—

is to have a quality assurance program.

    (2)     In making a declaration, the Minister must specify that the declaration is to take effect on a specified date on or after the making of the declaration.

    (3)     The Authority must not grant a licence to, or renew the licence of, a person to operate a declared facility at a premises on or after the date the premises becomes a declared facility unless it has approved a quality assurance program for the premises.