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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act establishes a national framework for regulating the export of meat from Australia. Here's what it does in plain terms:
The Board has a deliberately broad membership designed to represent the whole industry:
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Direct links to the current provisions in Meat Export Control Act 1935.
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Members are generally nominated by their respective industry bodies and formally appointed by the Governor-General.
This Act was a Depression-era intervention by the Commonwealth to bring order and coordination to what had been a chaotic and commercially vulnerable export meat trade. By centralising control over licences, shipping contracts, and quality standards, it aimed to protect Australia's reputation in overseas markets (particularly the UK) and ensure Australian producers received fair returns. It also repealed the earlier Meat Industry Encouragement Act 1924, replacing encouragement with direct control.