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Meat Inspection Act 1983
18Bringing of meat into animal food processing plants etc.
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#### 18 Bringing of meat into animal food processing plants etc.
(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20(1), the regulations may:
(a) prohibit absolutely the bringing of meat included in a specified class of meat into an animal food processing plant;
(b) prohibit absolutely the removal of meat included in a specified class of meat from an animal food processing plant;
(c) prohibit the bringing of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, into an animal food processing plant 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 an animal food processing plant unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with.
(2) Where under the regulations the bringing of meat included in a specified class of meat into an animal food processing plant is prohibited absolutely, a person who brings meat included in the specified class of meat into an animal food processing plant is guilty of an offence.
(3) Where under the regulations the removal of meat included in a specified class of meat from an animal food processing plant is prohibited absolutely, a person who removes meat included in the specified class of meat from an animal food processing plant is guilty of an offence.
(4) Where under the regulations the bringing of meat, or meat included in a specified class of meat, into an animal food processing plant 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 an animal food processing plant 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 an animal food processing plant 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 an animal food processing plant in contravention of the conditions or restrictions is guilty of an offence.