MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 38 Slaughter at unlicensed premises

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 38

S. 38(1) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 61(1).

    (1)     A person must not—

S. 38(1)(a) amended by No. 22/2022 s. 203.

        (a)     slaughter for human consumption a consumable animal; or

        (b)     dress the carcass of a consumable animal for human consumption; or

        (c)     process game or poultry—

at a place or vehicle that is not a meat processing facility licensed for that purpose.

Penalty:     First offence 100 penalty units.

Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both.

    (2)     This section does not apply to the slaughter of game.

S. 38(3) inserted by No. 40/2019 s. 61(2).

    (3)     A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1)(c) if the game is processed at a meat processing facility that solely processes game that is not intended for sale.