Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00103:reg:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00103
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 5/24)
Character Range: 198905–201447

to specified wild game meat or wild game 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 wild game meat or wild game meat products or documents is altered so as to be false, misleading or deceptive (see sections 261 and 262 of the Act).

8‑26  Official marks must be legible and securely attached
  An official mark applied to wild game meat or wild game meat products must be:
 (a) legible; and
 (b) securely attached.

8‑27  Security of official marks
  A person who is in possession of an official mark that has not been applied to any wild game meat or wild game meat products, as permitted by section 8‑22, must ensure that the official mark is stored securely.

8‑28  Removal or defacement of official marks
 (1) If an official mark has been applied to wild game meat or wild game meat products, the official mark must be removed or defaced if the wild game meat or wild game meat products:
 (a) are no longer wholesome; or
 (b) have deteriorated.

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