Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 (WA)

Western Australia Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 Western Australia Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 Contents Part I — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 5. Terms used 2 5A. Act to bind Crown 4 6. Application 4 Part II — Constitution of the Authority 7. The Authority 5 8. Membership of the Authority 5 9. Term of office 6 10. Conduct of meetings 7 11. Meetings of the Authority 7 12. Proceedings of the Authority 7 12A. Minister to have access to information 8 13. Remuneration and expenses of members and their deputies 9 14. Protection of members and their deputies 9 15. Staff of the Authority 9 Part IIA — Financial provisions 15A. Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006 10 15B. Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Account 10 15C. Borrowing from Treasurer 11 15D. Other borrowing 11 15E. Guarantee by Treasurer 12 15F. Effect of guarantee 12 Part III — Functions of the Authority 16. Functions of the Authority 14 16A. Powers 16 16B. Authority to apportion expenditure, liabilities and benefits 17 16C. Delegation 18 Part IV — Approval of abattoirs 17. Construction and operation of abattoirs 19 18. Conditions of approval 19 19. Grounds of refusal to grant approval 20 20. Revocation of approval 20 22. Application for review of Authority's decision 21 23. Offence 21 24. Compliance with other Acts etc. 21 Part IVA — Branding of carcases 24A. Minister may prescribe abattoirs 22 24B. Minister may prescribe animals 22 24C. Duties of owner of prescribed abattoir 22 24CA. Duties in respect of declared animals 24 24D. Branding of carcases outside abattoir 24 24E. Duties of importer of carcases 24 24EA. Duties of importers of declared animals 25 24EB. Offence of sale of unbranded carcases 26 24F. Manufacture of branding devices etc. 26 24G. Inspectors 27 24H. Powers of inspectors 27 24I. Obstruction of inspectors 28 Part V — Miscellaneous 25. Returns 29 25A. Execution of documents by Authority 29 26. Offences and penalty 30 27. Regulations 30 Notes Compilation table 33 Defined terms Western Australia Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 An Act to establish the Western Australian Meat Industry Authority, to provide for a system of approval of abattoirs, to regulate the branding of animal carcases in respect of carcase definition, to repeal the Meat Industry (Treatment Works) Licensing Act 1937 2, and for incidental and other purposes. [Long title amended: No. 32 of 1982 s. 3.]