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Meat Inspection Act 1983
17Processing of meat at animal food processing plants
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#### 17 Processing of meat at animal food processing plants
(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20(1), the regulations may:
(a) prohibit absolutely the processing at an animal food processing plant of meat included in a specified class of meat; or
(b) prohibit the processing at an animal food 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 an animal food processing plant of meat included in a specified class of meat is prohibited absolutely, a person who processes at an animal food processing plant meat included in the specified class of meat is guilty of an offence.
(3) Where under the regulations the processing at an animal food 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 an animal food 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.