Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00304:reg:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00304
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 4/24)
Character Range: 168596–171179

alter or interfere with an official mark and the alteration or interference is in accordance with the arrangement; or
 (d) the Secretary has given the person a written approval to alter or interfere with an official mark at a specified registered establishment and in relation to specified milk or milk products, and the alteration or interference is 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 civil penalty if the person engages in conduct and the conduct has the result that an official mark applied to certain milk or milk products or documents is altered so as to be false, misleading or deceptive (see sections 261 and 262 of the Act).

8‑20  Official marks must be legible and securely attached
  An official mark applied to milk or milk products must be:
 (a) legible; and
 (b) securely attached.

8‑21  Security of official marks
  A person who is in possession of an official mark that has not been applied to any milk or milk products, as permitted by section 8‑16, must ensure that the official mark is stored securely.

8‑22  Removal or defacement of official marks
 (1) If an official mark has been applied to milk or milk products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the milk or milk products are no longer fit for human consumption or have deteriorated.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), if an official mark has been applied to a carton in which milk or milk products are packed, the official mark must be removed or defaced if it is no longer intended:
 (a) to export the milk or milk products; or
 (b) to export the milk or milk products in that carton.

Foreign country identification official marks and European Union official marks
 (3) Without limiting subsection (1), if a foreign country identification official mark or a European Union official mark has been applied to milk or milk products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the circumstances in which that mark may be applied to the milk or milk 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 milk or milk products and the official mark is required to be removed or defaced under any of subsections (1) to (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