Animal Products Act 1999

Game estates

65A: Object of this Part

You could also call this:

"Keeping animal food from game estates safe to eat"

The main object of this part of the law is to help trace animal material or products that come from game estates and are meant for humans or animals to eat. This helps ensure that the animal material or products are treated properly. You need to know that this is done by keeping a list of game estates where edible parts of animals are removed.

This list does not affect what happens to skins, hides, horns, antlers, or other parts that are not meant for humans or animals to eat. The law is trying to make sure that animal material or products from game estates are safe for consumption.

The law about game estates was changed by the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002, which you can read more about on the legislation website.

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65: Persons who may be authorised to issue official assurances, or

"Who can give official guarantees under the Animal Products Act"

65B: What is a game estate, or

"A game estate is a special area where animals are kept for people to hunt or catch for fun."

Part 5AGame estates

65AObject of this Part

The main object of this Part is to facilitate the tracing of any animal material or product intended for human or animal consumption that is derived from animals from game estates, thus helping to ensure proper treatment of the animal material or product.
This is achieved by requiring the listing of game estates from which edible parts of game estate animals are removed (while leaving unaffected the ability to dispose of skins, hides, horns, antlers, or other material that is not for human or animal consumption).

Notes

Section 65A: inserted, on 26 September 2002, by section 29 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).