Export Control (Animals) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1)

I, WARREN ERROL TRUSS, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make this Order under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982.

Dated   11 April 2005

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Order

  This Order is the Export Control (Animals) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Order commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Amendment of Export Control (Animals) Order 2004

  Schedule 1 amends the Export Control (Animals) Order 2004.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(section 3)

[1] Section 2.17, including the notes

substitute

2.17 Certain veterinarians to be accredited veterinarians

 (1) In this section:

veterinarian means a person who is registered under the law of a State or Territory as a veterinarian, veterinary practitioner or veterinary surgeon.

 (2) For section 9B of the Act, a veterinarian is an accredited veterinarian if he or she has been given a notice of accreditation by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.

 (3) The Secretary may give a notice of accreditation to a veterinarian if the veterinarian has satisfactorily completed the training program known as the Accreditation Program for Australian Veterinarians, conducted by Animal Health Australia.

 (4) The Secretary may publish a list of accredited veterinarians from time to time.

Note   A list is available at http://www.aqis.gov.au/accreditedveterinarians.

 (5) A person whose name was, on 1 December 2004, on the list of approved veterinarians maintained by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service is taken to be an accredited veterinarian until 1 May 2005.