3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

abattoir means premises:

(a) used, or intended to be used, for the slaughter of abattoir animals for meat that is intended for human consumption; and
(b) prescribed, or included in a class of premises prescribed, for the purposes of this definition.

abattoir animal means:

(a) a bovine animal;
(b) a sheep, pig, goat or deer; or
(c) an animal included in a class of animals prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

animal food processing plant means premises:

(a) used, or intended to be used, for:
(i) the processing or packing of meat that is intended for use as animal food;
(ii) the production or packing of processed meat that is intended for use as animal food; or
(iii) other activities or operations prescribed, or included in a class of activities or operations prescribed, for the purposes of this definition; and
(b) prescribed, or included in a class of premises prescribed, for the purposes of this definition.

apply, in relation to an official mark or trade description, includes write, print, stencil, mark, emboss, impress or attach.

authorised officer means a person appointed under section 32 to be an authorised officer.

covering includes any stopper, glass, bottle, vessel, box, container, capsule, case, frame or wrapper.

document includes any written or printed matter, any map, plan or photograph, and any article or thing that has been so treated in relation to any sounds or visual images that those sounds or visual images are capable, with or without the aid of some other device, of being reproduced from the article or thing, and includes a copy of any such matter, map, plan, photograph, article or thing.

examine includes count, measure, weigh, grade or gauge.

false trade description means a trade description that, by reason of anything contained in or omitted from the trade description, is false or likely to mislead in a material respect as regards the meat to which it relates, and includes every alteration of a trade description, whether by way of addition, effacement or otherwise, that makes the trade description false or likely to mislead in such a respect.

knackery means premises: