Meat Inspection Act 1983
16Bringing of meat into knackeries etc.
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16 Bringing of meat into knackeries etc.
(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20(1), the regulations may: (a) prohibit absolutely the bringing of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, into a knackery; (b) prohibit absolutely the removal of meat included in a specified class of meat from a knackery; (c) prohibit the bringing of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, into a knackery unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with; or (d) prohibit the removal of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, from a knackery unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with. (2) Where under the regulations the bringing of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, into a knackery is prohibited absolutely, a person who brings meat or meat included in the specified class of meat, as the case may be, into a knackery is guilty of an offence. (3) Where under the regulations the removal of meat included in a specified class of meat from a knackery is prohibited absolutely, a person who removes meat included in the specified class of meat from a knackery is guilty of an offence. (4) Where under the regulations the bringing of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, into a knackery is prohibited unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with, a person who brings meat or meat included in the specified class of meat, as the case may be, into a knackery in contravention of the conditions or restrictions is guilty of an offence. (5) Where under the regulations the removal of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, from a knackery is prohibited unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with, a person who removes meat or meat included in the specified class of meat, as the case may be, from a knackery in contravention of the conditions or restrictions is guilty of an offence.