5Act not to apply in certain cases

5 Act not to apply in certain cases

(1) This Act does not apply to—

(a) meat from a consumable animal if the meat is—

(i) in a dwelling; or

S. 5(1)(a)(ii) repealed by No. 98/1997 s. 26(a).

(iii) dried meat in a retail shop; or

S. 5(1)(a)(iv) repealed by No. 22/2022 s. 197(1)(a), new s. 5(1)(a)(iv) inserted by No. 6/2024 s. 44(1).

(iv) dried meat for sale online; or

(b) the slaughter of an animal on a farm if—

(i) it is slaughtered for consumption on that farm; and

(ii) it is not slaughtered for sale; and

(iii) it is not slaughtered for use in the preparation of food for sale; and

S. 5(1)(b)(iv) amended by No. 22/2022 s. 197(1)(b).

(iv) it is not removed from that farm; or

S. 5(1)(c) amended by Nos 22/2022 s. 197(1)(c), 6/2024 s. 44(2).

(c) meat to which a brand has been applied in accordance with the Export Control Act 2020 of the Commonwealth as amended and in force for the time being; or

S. 5(1)(d) inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 197(1)(d).

(d) the sale of meat from a consumable animal if—

(i) the sale is either—

(A) a retail sale; or

(B) a sale by wholesale by a person or body, being a person or body engaged in retail sale of that type of meat, to another person or body for the purpose of retail sale by that other person or body; and

(ii) the meat has been processed, packaged for retail sale in Australia and labelled at one or more—

(A) licensed meat processing facilities; or

(B) places licensed or authorised for that purpose in accordance with the laws of another State or a Territory; and

(iii) the meat is contained inside impermeable and hermetically sealed packaging; and

(iv) the meat—

(A) in the case of a retail sale, has not been repackaged; or

(B) in the case of a sale by wholesale, is not intended to be repackaged before retail sale; or

S. 5(1)(e) inserted by No. 22/2022 s. 197(1)(d).

(e) the handling, storage or transport of meat from a consumable animal if—

(i) the handling, storage or transport is incidental to—

(A) retail sale of the meat; or

(B) wholesale of the meat by a person or body, being a person or body engaged in retail sale of that type of meat, to another person or body for the purpose of retail sale by that other person or body; and

(ii) the meat has been processed, packaged for retail sale in Australia and labelled at one or more—