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Meat Inspection Act 1983
8Slaughter and destruction of abattoir animals at abattoirs
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#### 8 Slaughter and destruction of abattoir animals at abattoirs
(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20(1), the regulations may:
(a) prohibit absolutely the slaughter or destruction at an abattoir of abattoir animals included in a specified class of abattoir animals; or
(b) prohibit the slaughter or destruction at an abattoir of abattoir animals, or abattoir animals included in a specified class of abattoir animals, unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with.
(2) Where under the regulations the slaughter or destruction at an abattoir of abattoir animals included in a specified class of abattoir animals is prohibited absolutely, a person who slaughters or destroys, as the case may be, at an abattoir an abattoir animal included in the specified class of abattoir animals is guilty of an offence.
(3) Where under the regulations the slaughter or destruction at an abattoir of abattoir animals, or abattoir animals included in a specified class of abattoir animals, is prohibited unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with, a person who slaughters or destroys, as the case may be, at an abattoir an abattoir animal or an abattoir animal included in the specified class of abattoir animals, as the case may be, in contravention of the conditions or restrictions is guilty of an offence.