Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Prohibition of Export of Sheep by Sea to Middle East—Northern Summer) Order 2019

I, Daryl Quinlivan, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, make the following order.

Dated 25 March 2019

Daryl Quinlivan

Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Prohibition of export of sheep during June to August 2019

1  Name

  This instrument is the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Prohibition of Export of Sheep by Sea to Middle East—Northern Summer) Order 2019.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 17 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997.

live‑stock export licence has the meaning given by section 7 of the Act.

sheep export licence means a live‑stock export licence granted under Part 2 of the Act to export sheep from Australia.

5  Prohibition of export of sheep during June to August 2019

 (1) The holder of a sheep export licence must not export a consignment of sheep from Australia by sea on a vessel:

 (a) that leaves an Australian port during the period starting at the start of 1 June 2019 and ending at the end of 31 August 2019; and

 (b) that will travel, or travels, through waters in the Arabian Sea north of latitude 11°N at any time during its voyage.

 (2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies whether or not the vessel will transport, or is transporting, live‑stock other than sheep.

Note 1: A sheep export licence is subject to the condition that the holder of the licence must comply with this instrument (see paragraph 17(5)(a) of the Act).

Note 2: The holder of a sheep export licence may commit an offence if the holder contravenes a condition of the licence either intentionally or being reckless as to the condition (see subsection 54(3) of the Act).