Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts25. (1) A person who sells meat otherwise than at a price determined by reference to the mass of the meat is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $5,000.
(2) If the article sold as referred to in section 22 is meat consisting of more than one cut, a written statement of measurement is not sufficient to comply with paragraph 22 (1) (b) unless it specifies the mass of each cut.
(3) A person who offers or exposes a quantity of meat for sale at a marked price for that quantity is guilty of an offence unless—
(a) the mass of the meat is also marked in the same manner as, and as prominently as, the price marking; and
(b) the price per kilogram of the meat is also indicated as prominently as the price marking by a marking on the meat or by another statement in letters and figures not less than 10 mm high that clearly refers to the meat.
Penalty: $5,000.
(4) In this section—
(a) the whole or any part of rabbit or shellfish;
(b) heads, feet, hearts, lights, kidneys, brains or sweetbread; or
(c) meat packed as a pre-packed article.
(5) This section does not apply to the sale (other than for the purpose of resale) of cooked meat sold on the premises on which it is cooked.