MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 40 Unlicensed facilities
MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 40
Unlicensed facilities(1) A person must not operate a meat processing facility of any kind unless the person is licensed to operate that facility.
Penalty: First offence 100 penalty units.
Subsequent offence 500 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both.
S. 40(2) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 62(1).
(2) A person must not sell by retail meat for pet food 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.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the operator of a meat processing facility nominated under section 25(1) or (2) or section 26.
S. 40(3A) inserted by No. 40/2019 s. 62(2).
(3A) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the meat processing facility solely processes game that is not intended for sale.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person must not be taken to be the operator of a meat processing facility if the person—
(a) is the owner of the premises at which the facility is located; and
(b) has granted a lease or licence of those premises as a meat processing facility; and
(c) has no interest in the facility otherwise than as a lessor or licensor of the premises; and
(d) takes no part in the management of the facility.