MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 13B Procedure for making a Code of Practice

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 13B

    (1)     Before the Authority makes a Code of Practice it must comply with the following procedure.

    (2)     The Authority must give a notice stating—

        (a)     the purpose and general purport of the proposed Code of Practice;

        (b)     where a copy of the proposed Code of Practice can be obtained or inspected;

        (c)     that any person may make a submission on the proposed Code of Practice to the Authority within the period specified in the notice.

    (3)     The Authority must allow at least 28 days after the day on which a notice is given under subsection (2) for the making of submissions.

    (4)     After the Authority has considered any submission, the Authority must give a notice stating that it intends to make the Code of Practice.

    (5)     A notice under this section must be—

        (a)     published in the Government Gazette;

        (b)     published in a daily newspaper generally circulating in Victoria;

        (c)     sent to meat industry bodies or organisations that the Authority considers are likely to be affected by the proposed Code of Practice.

S. 13C inserted by No. 24/2003 s. 66.