National Beef Assurance Scheme Act, 2000

Restriction on production, etc. of animals, carcases, etc.

6.—(1) Subject to section 9 , it shall be unlawful for—

(a) a participant to produce, trade or otherwise handle animals, carcases or meat for human consumption or to manufacture or trade in feedingstuffs unless the participant is the holder of a certificate of approval,

(b) a participant to sell or supply animals, carcases or meat for human consumption or to sell or supply feedingstuffs to a participant who does not hold a certificate of approval,

(c) a participant to buy or receive animals, carcases or meat for human consumption or to buy or receive feedingstuffs from any other participant who does not hold a certificate of approval, and

(d) a person who owns or operates a food business to buy or receive, or to be in possession of, animals, carcases or meat for human consumption from a participant who does not hold a certificate of approval.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that at the relevant time he or she believed, in good faith and upon reasonable grounds, that the participant with whom he or she dealt in contravention of those provisions was the holder of a certificate of approval.