Slaughtering Act 1913 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Slaughtering Act 1913

No. 27, 1913

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

SLAUGHTERING ACT 1913

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Slaughterhouses 3. Public slaughterhouses 4. Licences 5. Fee for licence 6. Power to visit and inspect 7. Power to enter slaughterhouses 8. Particulars of stock slaughtered 9. Appointment of inspectors 10. Notice of slaughter to be given 10A. Examination of stock to be slaughtered 11. Production of skins to Minister 12. Power to condemn carcases 13. Regulations

NORFOLK ISLAND

Slaughtering Act 1913 _______________________________________________________________________

Short title 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Slaughtering Act 1913. (2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "stock" means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, steers, calves, sheep and swine; "inspector" means an inspector appointed under this Act.

Slaughterhouses 2. (1) Where a person slaughters stock, or causes stock to be slaughtered, in a slaughterhouse or at a place other than a public slaughterhouse or a slaughterhouse or place duly licensed under this Act, the person commits an offence punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for every head of stock so slaughtered. (2) Subsection 2(1) does not apply — (a) to the slaughtering of sheep or swine by, or on behalf of, the owner of the sheep or swine, on the premises of the owner and for consumption by the owner, the members of his family or persons employed by him; and (b) to the slaughtering of stock otherwise than in a public slaughterhouse or a licensed slaughterhouse or licensed place if — (i) the slaughtering is carried out in the presence of an inspector and in accordance with a permit issued by an inspector under subsection 2(3); and (ii) as soon as practicable after the stock are slaughtered, the carcases of the stock are taken to be dressed, at a public slaughterhouse, licensed slaughterhouse or licensed place. (3) An inspector may, upon application by the owner of stock, issue a permit for the slaughtering of the stock on a day and at a time and place, specified in the permit if he is satisfied — (a) that it would be dangerous or unreasonably difficult to have the stock driven to a licensed slaughterhouse or licensed place for slaughtering; and (b) that it is fit and proper for stock to be slaughtered at that time and place on that day. (4) A permit shall not be issued under subsection 2(3) for the slaughtering of stock on land that is a reserve under the Public Reserves Act 1997 unless the Chief Executive Officer has consented in writing to the issue of the permit.