MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 35 Ban on sale or slaughter
MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 35
Ban on sale or slaughterS. 35(1) amended by No. 103/2003 s. 29(1).
(1) Subject to this section, a person must not sell for human consumption meat from an animal that is not a consumable animal.
Penalty: First offence 100 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 24 months or both.
S. 35(2) amended by No. 46/2008 s. 280(2).
(2) After consulting the Minister administering the Food Act 1984 , the Minister may recommend to the Governor in Council that specified meat or specified classes of meat, or a specified sale or class of sales, be exempted from subsection (1).
(3) On the Minister's recommendation the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may grant that exemption.
(4) An exemption may be granted on any conditions or restrictions that the Governor in Council specifies in the Order.
(5) A person who sells meat to which an exemption Order applies must comply with any conditions or restrictions in the Order.
Penalty: First offence: 100 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 24 months or both.
S. 35(6) repealed by No. 53/2001 s. 6, new s. 35(6) inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 29(2), amended by No. 22/2022 s. 200(1).
(6) A person must not slaughter for human consumption an animal that is not a consumable animal.
Penalty: First offence 100 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 24 months or both.
S. 35(7) amended by No. 22/2022 s. 200(2).
(7) A person must not slaughter for human consumption a consumable animal prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
Penalty: First offence 100 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both.