Commonwealth act

Meat Export Control Act 1935

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

52 of 1935

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

6/10 complexity

This Act establishes a national framework for regulating the export of meat from Australia. Here's what it does in plain terms:

The Australian Meat Board — a government-appointed body corporate (meaning it can own property, sue and be sued, like a company) with the power to oversee, advise on, and control the export of Australian meat, meat products (like canned meat), and edible offal (edible parts other than flesh, such as organs) from cattle, sheep, and pigs.
A Meat Export Fund — a dedicated pool of money, drawn from Commonwealth revenue and funded by charges under the companion Meat Export Charges Act 1935, to pay for the Board's operations.

The Board has a deliberately broad membership designed to represent the whole industry:

Stock producers (farmers raising cattle and sheep) from each State and the Northern Territory, plus a separate representative for the Southern Riverina (a defined region of southern New South Wales)
Pig producers
Meat exporting companies (from States exporting over 15,000 tonnes annually)
Co-operative organisations exporting mutton and lamb
Publicly owned abattoirs and freezing works

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