Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00103:reg:3:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00103
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 18/24)
Character Range: 230826–233590

authorised officer
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 291(7)(c) of the Act, it is a requirement for a person to be authorised to be a third party authorised officer whose functions and powers will include carrying out specialised inspection services in relation to wild game meat or wild game meat products that the person be a fit and proper person (having regard to the matters referred to in section 372 of the Act).

Fit and proper person test
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 372(1)(d) of the Act, subsection (1) of this section is prescribed.
 (3) For the purposes of subparagraph 372(2)(e)(v) of the Act, subsection 291(3) of the Act (application by person to be third party authorised officer whose functions and powers will include carrying out specialised inspection services in relation to wild game meat or wild game meat products) is prescribed.
 (4) For the purposes of paragraph 372(4)(b) of the Act, a person who is a third party authorised officer whose functions and powers include carrying out specialised inspection services in relation to wild game meat or wild game 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 wild game meat or wild game meat products is prescribed.

Meaning of specialised inspection service
 (6) For the purposes of this section, a specialised inspection service in relation to wild game meat or wild game 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 wild game meat or wild game 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 wild game meat or wild game 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 Wild Game Meat Standard and Australian Meat Standard
 (1) An authorised officer may perform all of the functions of a meat safety inspector specified in the Australian Wild Game Meat Standard in relation to wild