Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MEAT INDUSTRY AUTHORITY ACT 1976 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976	75 of 1976	18 Oct 1976	Act other than s. 17, 21, 23(c), 25 and 26: 1 May 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 May 1977 p. 1294); s. 17, 21, 23(c), 25 and 26: 1 Jul 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 May 1977 p. 1294)
Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Amendment Act 1982	32 of 1982 (as amended by No. 51 of 1982 and No. 7 of 1984)	27 May 1982	7 Jun 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Jun 1985 p. 1931)
Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Amendment Act (No. 2) 1982	51 of 1982	6 Sep 1982	6 Sep 1982
Acts Amendment (Western Australian Meat Industry Authority) Act 1984 Pt. II	7 of 1984	18 May 1984	7 Jun 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Jun 1985 p. 1932)
Agricultural Legislation (Penalties) Amendment Act 1989 s. 3	20 of 1989	1 Dec 1989	15 Dec 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Dec 1989 p. 4513)
Meat Industry Legislation (Amendment and Repeal) Act 1993 Pt. 3 5	32 of 1993	16 Dec 1993	4 Mar 1994 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 4 Mar 1994 p. 821)
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 64	49 of 1996	25 Oct 1996	25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 76	10 of 1998	30 Apr 1998	30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))
Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Amendment Act 1998	46 of 1998	19 Nov 1998	19 Nov 1998 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 as at 1 Mar 2002 (includes amendments listed above)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Competition Policy) Act 2003 Pt. 15	70 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	21 Apr 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Apr 2004 p. 1297)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 136 6	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Investigation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 s. 73	59 of 2006	16 Nov 2006	1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jun 2007 p. 2838)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4, 5(1) and Sch. 1 cl. 183	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Reprint 2: The Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Act 1976 as at 8 Jan 2010 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 27	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

² The provision in this Act repealing the Meat Industry (Treatment Works) Licensing Act 1937 has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

³ Under the Alteration of Statutory Designations Order 2006 a reference in any law to the Department of Agriculture is read and construed as a reference to the Department of Agriculture and Food.

⁴ Under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 s. 112(1), a reference to the Public Service Act 1978 is to be read as a reference to the Public Sector Management Act 1994. The reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(g).

⁵ The Meat Industry Legislation (Amendment and Repeal) Act 1993 s. 16(2) and (3) read as follows: 

(2) Where the appointment of a person as a member of the Authority under the provisions of section 8 of the principal Act as enacted before the coming into operation of this section is still in effect immediately before the coming into operation of this section, that appointment is terminated on and by virtue of this section coming into operation.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the eligibility of the person to be appointed as a member of the Authority under section 8 of the principal Act as amended by this section.

⁶ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
abattoir 5
Account 5
acquire 16A(5)
animal 5
Authority 5
brand 5
branding device 24F(4)
business arrangement 16A(5)
carcase 5
Chairman 5
declared animal 5
Deputy Chairman 5
Director General 5
dispose of 16A(5)
document 12A(4)
expenditure 16B(1)
information 12A(4)
inspector 5
meat 5
member 5
Midland Saleyard 5
officer 5
owner 5
package 5
participate 16A(5)
premises 5
prescribed abattoir 5
prescribed animal 5
processing works 5
sale 5
saleyard 5
specified 27(3)