Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Export Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 119

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997.

Dated 15 June 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Export Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 July 2005.

3 Amendment of Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export Licensing) Regulations 1998

Schedule 1 amends the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Export Licensing) Regulations 1998.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 13, definition of Australian Standards for the Export of Live-stock, except the note

substitute

Australian Standards for the Export of Live-stock means:

(a) the document of that name published by the Department, as in force on 1 December 2004; or

(b) if the Secretary makes an order, under section 17 of the Act, specifying standards that the holder of a live-stock export licence must export live-stock in accordance with — the standards specified in that order.

[2] Paragraphs 18 (1) (b) and (c)

substitute

(b) must update the operations and governance manual, by variation of the licence under regulation 19, if there is a change to how the operations of the live-stock export business, to which the licence relates, comply with the Australian Standards for the Export of Live-stock; and

(c) if the Secretary makes an order, under section 17 of the Act, specifying standards that the holder of a live-stock export licence must export live-stock in accordance with (the Standards) — must, within 2 months after the date that the order takes effect, make an application under regulation 19 for variation of the licence to update the operations and governance manual to take account of the Standards; and

(d) if the Secretary amends the order — must, within 2 months after the date that the amendment takes effect, make an application under regulation 19 for variation of the licence to update the operations and governance manual to take account of any change to the Standards resulting from the amendment.

Note A live-stock export licence is also subject to the condition that the holder must comply with orders made under section 17 of the Act (see subsection 17 (5) of the Act).