Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00101:reg:4:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00101
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 4/24)
Character Range: 177907–180596

the official mark at a specified registered establishment and in relation to specified poultry meat or poultry meat products, if the application is in accordance with the approval.
Note: For how a direction may be given by an authorised officer, see section 309 of the Act.

8‑23  Circumstances in which official mark must not be applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products

Official marks generally
 (1) A person must not apply an official mark to poultry meat or poultry meat products if:
 (a) the poultry meat or poultry meat products are not wholesome; or
 (b) the poultry meat or poultry meat products have deteriorated; or
 (c) the integrity of the poultry meat or poultry meat products cannot be ensured.
Note: For requirements to ensure the integrity of prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products, see section 5‑27.

Foreign country identification official marks
 (2) A person must not apply a foreign country identification official mark to poultry meat or poultry meat products 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.
Note: For the foreign country identification mark, see section 8‑11.

8‑24  Alteration of and interference with official marks
  A person may alter, or interfere with, an official mark (whether or not it has been applied to any poultry meat or poultry meat products) only if:
 (a) the alteration or interference is required or permitted by this instrument; or
 (b) the person is an authorised officer or a person acting in accordance with a direction given by an authorised officer; or
 (c) the person is designated in an approved arrangement as a person who may 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 poultry meat or poultry meat 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 poultry meat or poultry meat products or documents 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: