Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00101:reg:4:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00101
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 5/24)
Character Range: 180367–182990

is altered so as to be false, misleading or deceptive (see sections 261 and 262 of the Act).

8‑25  Official marks must be legible and securely attached
  An official mark applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products must be:
 (a) legible; and
 (b) securely attached.

8‑26  Security of official marks
  A person who is in possession of an official mark that has not been applied to any poultry meat or poultry meat products, as permitted by section 8‑21, must ensure that the official mark is stored securely.

8‑27  Removal or defacement of official marks

Official marks generally
 (1) If an official mark has been applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the poultry meat or poultry meat products:
 (a) are no longer wholesome; or
 (b) have deteriorated.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), if an official mark has been applied to a carton in which poultry meat or poultry meat products are packed, the official mark must be removed or defaced if it is no longer intended:
 (a) to export the poultry meat or poultry meat products; or
 (b) to export the poultry meat or poultry meat products in that carton.

Foreign country identification official marks
 (3) Without limiting subsection (1), if a foreign country identification official mark has been applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the circumstances in which that mark may be applied to the poultry meat or poultry meat products, as specified by the relevant importing country authority, no longer exist.

Persons who may remove or deface official mark
 (4) If an official mark has been applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products and the official mark is required to be removed or defaced under subsection (1), (2) or (3), the official mark must be removed or defaced by:
 (a) an authorised officer or a person acting in accordance with a direction given by an authorised officer; or
 (b) a person designated in an approved arrangement in accordance with which the official mark was applied to the poultry meat or poultry meat products as a person who may remove or deface the official mark; or
 (c) a person to whom the Secretary has given a written approval to remove or deface the official mark at a specified registered establishment and in relation to specified poultry meat or poultry meat products, if the official mark is removed or defaced in accordance with the approval.
Note 1: For how a direction may be given by an authorised officer, see section 309 of the Act.
Note 2: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a