This instrument is the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Legislation Amendment (Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock) Order 2020.

(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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.	4 June 2020
2. Schedule 1	The day after this instrument is registered.	4 June 2020
3. Schedule 2	1 November 2020.	1 November 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments commencing day after registration

Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Standards) Order 2005

1 Subsection 3(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) The holder of a live‑stock export licence must not export live‑stock except in accordance with:

(a) if the vessel or aircraft transporting the live‑stock leaves Australia before 1 November 2020—the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock (Version 2.3) 2011; or

(b) if the vessel or aircraft transporting the live‑stock leaves Australia on or after 1 November 2020—the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock 3.0.

Note: Each of the Standards could in 2020 be viewed on the Department’s website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au).

2 Subsection 3(2)

Omit “For subsection (1)”, substitute “For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)”.

Schedule 2—Amendments commencing 1 November 2020

Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Export of Sheep by Sea to Middle East—Northern Winter) Order 2018

1 Section 4 (definition of Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock means the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock 3.0.

Note: The Standards could in 2020 be viewed on the Department’s website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au).

Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Export of Sheep by Sea to Middle East) Order 2018

2 Section 5 (definition of Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock means the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock 3.0.

Note: The Standards could in 2020 be viewed on the Department’s website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au).

Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry (Prohibition of Export of Sheep by Sea to Middle East—Northern Summer) Order 2020

3 Section 4 (definition of Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock means the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock 3.0.

Note: The Standards could in 2020 be viewed on the Department’s website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au).