Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100:reg:3:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 18/25)
Character Range: 309909–312736

to meat or meat products is prescribed.

Notification of conviction of offence or order to pay pecuniary penalty
 (5) For the purposes of subparagraph 374(1)(g) of the Act, a third party authorised officer whose functions and powers include carrying out specialised inspection services in relation to meat or meat products is prescribed.

Meaning of specialised inspection service
 (6) For the purposes of this section, a specialised inspection service in relation to meat or 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:
 (a) trade descriptions applied, or to be applied, to meat or meat products; or
 (b) export operations carried out at an accredited property or covered by the accreditation of a property, in relation to meat or meat products; or
 (c) meat or meat products that are derived from bovine animals sourced from an accredited property.

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 meat or 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  Functions specified in Australian Meat Standard
  An authorised officer may perform all of the functions of a meat safety inspector specified in the Australian Meat Standard.

9‑22  Applying admission decisions
 (1) Subject to subsection (3), an authorised officer may apply a decision in accordance with any of clauses 6.4 to 6.9 of the Australian Meat Standard (admission decisions) to an animal that is intended to be slaughtered at a registered establishment.
 (2) An authorised officer may carry out inspections of animals that are intended to be slaughtered at a registered establishment before applying a decision referred to in subsection (1).
Note 1: See also section 6 (supply and admission of animals for slaughter) of the Australian 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 9‑26 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