Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00101:reg:4:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00101
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 18/24)
Character Range: 212749–215611

is prescribed.

Meaning of specialised inspection service
 (6) For the purposes of this section, a specialised inspection service in relation to poultry meat or poultry meat products is an inspection for the purpose of ensuring that the requirements of the Act have been or will be complied with, or importing country requirements are or will be met, in relation to trade descriptions applied, or to be applied, to poultry meat or poultry meat products.

Division 2—Functions and powers

9‑20  Purpose of this Division
  For the purposes of section 300 of the Act, this Division confers functions and powers on authorised officers, or classes of authorised officers, that are necessary or convenient to be performed or exercised for the purposes of achieving the objects of the Act in relation to poultry meat or poultry meat products for export.
Note: An authorised officer may only perform functions or exercise powers conferred on an authorised officer by the Act that are specified in the authorised officer's instrument of authorisation (see subsection 301(1) of the Act).

9‑21  Applying admission decisions
 (1) Subject to subsection (3), an authorised officer may apply a decision in accordance with the Australian Poultry Meat Standard to poultry that are intended to be slaughtered at a registered establishment.
 (2) An authorised officer may carry out inspections of poultry that are intended to be slaughtered at a registered establishment before applying a decision referred to in subsection (1).
Note 1: See also Appendix B of the Australian Poultry Meat Standard.
Note 2: An authorised officer may apply a decision under this subsection subject to conditions, and may vary a decision applied under this subsection (see section 9‑25 of this instrument).
 (3) If an animal has been, or may have been:
 (a) used for trials or experiments to evaluate drugs, chemicals, biological substances or processes of genetic manipulation; or
 (b) treated with, or exposed to, a new or unidentified drug, chemical or biological substance;
an authorised officer must not decide that the animal is to be admitted to a registered establishment for slaughter unless:
 (c) the admission is subject to conditions specified by the authorised officer; and
 (d) the Secretary has notified the authorised officer, in writing, that the animal may be admitted subject to those conditions.

9‑22  Inspections of poultry for slaughter and applying ante‑mortem dispositions
  An authorised officer:
 (a) may carry out inspections of poultry that are intended to be slaughtered at a registered establishment; and
 (b) after inspecting an animal, must apply a disposition in accordance with the Australian Poultry Meat Standard or this Part to the animal.
Note 1: See also Appendix B of the Australian Poultry Meat Standard.
Note 2: An authorised officer may apply a disposition