Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK CORPORATION ACT 1977 No. 67 of 1977 - SECT 14

14. (1) A contract for-

   (a)  the carriage of meat or live-stock, by sea, to a place beyond
        Australia; or

   (b)  the insurance, against loss or deterioration, of meat or live-stock
        the subject of such a contract whilst awaiting transport or in transit
        or until disposed of, shall not be made except-

   (c)  by the Corporation or by the Corporation acting as the agent of the
        owner of the meat or live-stock or of another person having authority
        to export the meat or live-stock; or

   (d)  with such persons, and in conformity with such conditions (if any), as
        are, from time to time, approved in writing by the Minister upon the
        recommendation of the Corporation.

(2) The conditions approved by the Board and in force for the purposes of
section 30 of the Meat Industry Act 1964 immediately before the commencement
of this Act shall be deemed to have been approved by the Minister under this
section, but may be varied or revoked by the Minister under this section.

(3) A contract referred to in sub-section (1) that is made otherwise than in
accordance with this section is void.