Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Meat Industry Act 1993 - SECT 74

Powers of chief executive officer

74. Powers of chief executive officer



(1) The chief executive officer has all the powers of an inspector under this
Act and the regulations.

(2) The chief executive officer may, by notice in writing-

   (a)  direct the owner, operator, licensee or manager of a meat processing
        facility to remove any animals or meat from the facility; or

   (b)  prohibit the owner, operator, licensee or manager of a meat processing
        facility from using the facility for a specified purpose; or

   (c)  prohibit the owner, operator or licensee of a vehicle from using, or
        allowing the use of, the vehicle as a meat transport vehicle; or

   (d)  prohibit a person from using, or allowing the use of, meat transport
        vehicles.

(3) The chief executive officer may only issue the notice if he or she-

   (a)  has considered a report from an inspector on the subject matter of the
        notice; and

   (b)  considers it appropriate to issue the notice in the interests of
        public health.

(4) Subsections (2)(c) and (d)-

   (a)  apply regardless of whether or not any vehicle that a prohibition
        applies to is licensed under this Act or any other Act; but

   (b)  only apply to the use of a vehicle as a meat transport vehicle in
        circumstances in which the regulations require the vehicle to be
        licensed for that purpose.

(5) A notice takes effect on being served on the person to whom it is
directed.

(6) A person to whom a notice is directed must comply with the notice.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(7) The chief executive officer may specify in the notice that it is to cease
to apply if one or more specified conditions are met.

(8) The chief executive officer may amend or revoke a notice ("the earlier
notice") at any time by serving written notice of the amendment or revocation
on the person to whom the earlier notice was directed (or on any agent or
successor of that person).