Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MEAT INDUSTRY AUTHORITY ACT 1976 - SECT 24EB

24EB .         Offence of sale of unbranded carcases

        (1)         Where a brand has been prescribed in relation to any kind of animal, a person shall not sell or offer for sale a carcase of that kind of animal — 

            (a)         by reference to that brand or the name of that brand, if any; or

            (b)         by a description which states or implies or purports to state or imply that the carcase possesses the characteristics prescribed in relation to the branding of carcases of that kind of animal,

                unless the carcase is branded in accordance with the requirements of the regulations.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         The Governor may from time to time by proclamation declare that subsection (1) does not apply to the area or areas of the State specified in the proclamation and may by subsequent proclamation vary or revoke any proclamation made under this subsection.

        [Section 24EB inserted by No. 32 of 1982 s. 8 (as amended by No. 7 of 1984 s. 7).]