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MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY (CONDITIONS OF EXPORT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)1996 NO. 15

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 15

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995

Meat and Live-stock Industry (Conditions of Export) Regulations (Amendment)

The Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1995 (the Act) provides for the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC) to undertake marketing and promotion of skins, hides and tallow and to maximise industry return from by-products. This was achieved by including a by-products, definition in the Act and including byproducts as part of the AMLC's area of responsibility.

The AMLC needs to licence exporters of meat for human consumption to ensure the integrity of Australia's meat export industry, in association with Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service inspection.

The way meat by-products have been included in the legislation has had the unintended effect of also requiring exporters of skins, hides and tallow to be licensed. As the legislation now stands, exporters of skins, hides and tallow are technically in breach of the Act.

The AMLC Board requested that the Meat and Live-stock Industry (Conditions of Export) Regulations be amended to exempt exporters of skins, hides and tallow from licensing requirements.

The regulations rectify this situation by amending regulation 4 of the Meat and Live-stock Industry (Conditions of Export) Regulations so that the definition of meat unfit for human consumption also includes skins, hides and tallow, thereby removing the requirement for these exporters to be licensed.

Details of the regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 states that the Meat and Live-stock Industry (Conditions of Export) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

Regulation 2 adds (c) skins and hides; and (d) tallow to the definition of meat unfit for human consumption.

The Regulations commence on gazettal.