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Meat Amendment Act 1982

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Short Title

General powers of Inspectors

Offences and penalties

Meat Amendment Act 1982

Public Act		1982 No 82
Date of assent		23 November 1982

	Title
1	Short Title
2	General powers of Inspectors
3	Offences and penalties
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Meat Act 1981

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Meat Amendment Act 1982, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Meat Act 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 General powers of Inspectors

Section 6 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (4), and substituting the following subsection:

“(4)

Every Inspector shall have power to require the condemnation, destruction, disposition, or other treatment of any animal or product or byproduct which, in his opinion,—

“(a)

Is diseased or defective; or

“(b)

Is not in accordance with the description on any packaging containing or relating to that product or byproduct; or

“(c)

Is not slaughtered, dressed, processed, handled, or stored in accordance with this Act or regulations made under it; or

“(d)

Contains chemical residues or ingredients or parts of or products derived from animal species other than those permitted by this Act or regulations made under it.”

3 Offences and penalties

Section 47(1)(d) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “attached”, the words “or relating”.

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Meat Amendment Act 1982