Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)10. Instructions with regard to operation of abattoir |
| 1) | The national executive officer may instruct the owner of an abattoir to- |
| a) | comply with an essential national standard; |
| b) | comply with any condition subject to which the registration certificate was issued; |
| c) | perform or cease to perform an act specified in the instruction, if such performance or cessation is necessary for the achievement or promotion of the objectives of this Act; and |
| d) | suspend operations at the abattoir until the provisions of this Act or conditions in terms of which the registration certificate was issued, have been complied with. |
| 2) | An instruction contemplated in subsection (1)- |
| a) | may provide that any requirement imposed must be complied with in the manner and within the period specified in the instruction; |
| b) | must be in writing and served on the owner of the abattoir in the prescribed manner; and |
| c) | is binding on the owner of the abattoir, regardless of whether or not such owner was the owner at the time when the instruction was served. |
| 3) |
| a) | An instruction may be amended or withdrawn if the national executive officer, after such inspections and investigations as may be necessary, is satisfied that the provisions of that instruction have been properly or partly complied with. |
| b) | An amendment or a withdrawal contemplated in paragraph (a) does not exempt the owner of an abattoir from compliance with any provision of this Act which applies to him or her or the abattoir of which he or she is the owner. |
| c) | An amendment or withdrawal contemplated in paragraph (a) must be made known in the manner set out in subsection (2)(b). |
| 4) | A directive issued in terms of section 17 of the Abattoir Hygiene Act, 1992 (Act No. 121 of 1992), and which was in force immediately prior to the commencement of this section, is deemed to be an instruction in terms of this section. |