8‑24 Alteration of and interference with8‑24 Alteration of and interference with official marks

8‑24 Alteration of and interference with official marks

A person may alter, or interfere with, an official mark (whether or not it has been applied to any rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products) only if: (a) the alteration or interference is required or permitted by this instrument; or (b) the person is an authorised officer or a person acting in accordance with a direction given by an authorised officer; or (c) the person is designated in an approved arrangement as a person who may alter or interfere with an official mark and the alteration or interference is in accordance with the arrangement; or (d) the Secretary has given the person a written approval to alter or interfere with an official mark at a specified registered establishment and in relation to specified rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products, and the alteration or interference is in accordance with the approval.

Note 1: For how a direction may be given by an authorised officer, see section 309 of the Act.

Note 2: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person engages in conduct and the conduct has the result that an official mark applied to certain rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products or documents is altered so as to be false, misleading or deceptive (see sections 261 and 262 of the Act).