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Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Amendment Orders 2011 (No. 1)1

Export Control Act 1982

I, JOSEPH WILLIAM LUDWIG, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make these Orders under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982.

Dated 1 September 2011

JOSEPH WILLIAM LUDWIG

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Orders

  These Orders are the Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Amendment Orders 2011 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Orders commence on the day after they are registered.

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

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


Schedule 1 Amendments

(order 3)

[1] Order 8, definition of Australian Fish Name

substitute

Australian Fish Name, in relation to a fish species produced in or imported to Australia, means the standard fish name for the species in the Australian Fish Names Standard.

Australian Fish Names Standard means the Australian Standard known as AS SSA 5300-2009.

[2] Order 8, definition of occupier, paragraph (a)

omit

registered; and

insert

registered; or

[3] Order 8, definition of occupier, subparagraph (b) (ii)

omit

the person

insert

is the person

[4] Order 69

renumber the suborders as suborders 69.1 and 69.2

[5] Schedule 4, after subclause 25.1

insert

25.1A  Subclause 25.1 does not apply if the food handling area is only used to handle or store packaged fish or packaged fish products.

[6] Schedule 5, subclause 3.2

substitute

3.2  Subclause 3.1 does not apply if:

 (a) the final product for export as food is only the adductor muscle of:

 (i) scallops; or

 (ii) Pinctada spp; or

 (b) the shellfish are harvested from off-shore locations; 

unless the off-shore location is classified as an Off-shore harvesting area in accordance with the Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program  Export Standards.

[7] Schedule 9, subparagraph 11.2 (b) (iii)

omit

designates a person

insert

 the designation of a person

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.