Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100:reg:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 2/25)
Character Range: 270618–273248

number representing the user of the mark substituted for "XXXX") is an official mark for the purposes of the Act.
Note: Sections 8‑24 to 8‑28 and 8‑38 do not apply in relation to an official mark specified in this section (see subsections 8‑22(2) and 8‑38(2)).

Division 2—General rules relating to official marks

8‑22  Purpose and application of this Division
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 255(2) of the Act, this Division makes provision for and in relation to certain matters relating to official marks specified in Division 1 of this Part for meat or meat products that are intended to be exported.
Note: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person engages in conduct that contravenes a provision in this Division (see section 258 of the Act). Other provisions in Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 8 of the Act provide offences and civil penalty provisions relating to false, misleading or deceptive official marks.
 (2) Sections 8‑24 to 8‑28 do not apply in relation to an official mark specified in section 8‑21.

8‑23  Interpretation

When an official mark is applied to meat or meat products
 (1) For the purposes of this instrument, an official mark is applied to meat or meat products if the official mark is:
 (a) applied directly to the meat or meat products, their packaging or any covering containing the meat or meat products; or
 (b) applied to anything attached to the meat or meat products, their packaging or any covering containing the meat or meat products; or
 (c) inserted into anything in which the meat or meat products are packaged or any covering containing the meat or meat products.

References to particular official marks
 (2) In this Division, a reference to a particular official mark is a reference to the official mark with that description specified in Division 1 of this Part.

8‑24  Persons who may manufacture or supply official marks for meat or meat products
  A person may manufacture or supply a kind of official mark for meat or meat products only if:
 (a) the person is an authorised officer; or
 (b) the manufacture or supply of the official mark by the person is:
 (i) covered by an approved arrangement; or
 (ii) in accordance with a direction given by an authorised officer; or
 (c) the Secretary has given the person a written approval to manufacture or supply the official mark in relation to specified meat or meat products, and the manufacture or supply is in accordance with that approval.
Note: For how a direction may be given by an authorised officer, see section 309 of the Act.

8‑25  Persons who may possess official marks that have