I, PETER JOHN McGAURAN, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make these Orders under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982.

Dated 24 May 2006

PETER McGAURAN

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Orders

  These Orders are the Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Amendment Orders 2006 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Orders commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Orders 2005

  Schedule 1 amends the Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Orders 2005.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(order 3)

[1] Schedule 1, subclause 12.4

substitute

12.4  If a person who manages or controls the operations carried on at a registered establishment is convicted of a serious offence, the person must give the Secretary written notice of the conviction within 7 days after the date on which the conviction occurs.

Level 1 penal provision

Note   A person who fails to comply with a level 1 penal provision is guilty of an offence punishable by a fine of 10 penalty units — see regulation 4 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982 and order 7.

12.5  As soon as practicable, the occupier of a registered establishment must give a person who manages or controls the operations carried on at the establishment written notice of the fact that:

 (a) under subclause 12.4 of this Schedule, if a person who manages or controls the operations carried on at a registered establishment is convicted of a serious offence, the person must give the Secretary written notice of the conviction within 7 days of the conviction; and

 (b) subclause 12.4 of this Schedule is a level 1 penal provision; and

 (c) a person who fails to comply with a level 1 penal provision is guilty of an offence punishable by a fine of 10 penalty units.

Note 1   If the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that the occupier of an establishment has failed to comply with a requirement of these Orders, the Secretary may suspend or revoke the approval of an arrangement for the establishment given under clause 5 of this Schedule — see subclause 20.1 of this Schedule.

Note 2   The Secretary may suspend or revoke the registration of an establishment if a person who manages or controls the establishment is convicted of a serious offence — see subclause 18.2 of this Schedule.

Note 3   For the definitions of convicted and serious offence, see suborder 8.1.