Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts Where characteristics
have been prescribed in relation to the branding of carcases of a declared
animal the owner of an abattoir which is a prescribed abattoir in relation to
that kind of animal shall ensure that no carcase of a declared animal
slaughtered in that abattoir for human consumption in the State which does not
possess the characteristics so prescribed —
(a) is
branded in accordance with the requirements of the regulations applicable to
the branding of carcases which possess the characteristics prescribed in
relation to the branding of carcases of that kind of animal; and
(b)
except with the written permission of the Authority, is branded in any manner
which describes or implies or purports to describe or imply the definition of
the meat of the carcase, before the carcase is removed from the abattoir.
Penalty: $2 000.
[Section 24CA inserted by No. 32 of 1982
s. 8 (as amended by No. 7 of 1984 s. 7).]