Meat Inspection Act 1983
11Processing of meat at meat processing plants
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11 Processing of meat at meat processing plants
(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20(1), the regulations may: (a) prohibit absolutely the processing at a meat processing plant of meat included in a specified class of meat; or (b) prohibit the processing at a meat processing plant of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with. (2) Where under the regulations the processing at a meat processing plant of meat included in a specified class of meat is prohibited absolutely, a person who processes at a meat processing plant meat included in the specified class of meat is guilty of an offence. (3) Where under the regulations the processing at a meat processing plant of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, is prohibited unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with, a person who processes at a meat processing plant meat or meat included in the specified class of meat, as the case may be, in contravention of the conditions or restrictions is guilty of an offence.