Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (High Quality Beef Export to the European Union) Amendment Order 2009 (No. 1)1
I, ALLEN GRANT, a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make this Order under section 17 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997.
Dated 12 November 2009
ALLEN GRANT
Delegate of the Secretary
1              Name of Order
                This Order is the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (High Quality Beef Export to the European Union) Amendment Order 2009 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                This Order commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Amendment of Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (High Quality Beef Export to the European Union) Order 2009
                Schedule 1 amends the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (High Quality Beef Export to the European Union) Order 2009.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
  
[1]           Section 3, definition of consignment
after
quota meat
insert
or grain fed high quality beef
[2]           Section 3, after definition of EU reduced tariff
insert
EU reduced tariff for grain fed high quality beef means the rate of tariff set out in Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 of the European Union.
[3]           Section 3, after definition of exporter
insert
grain fed high quality beef means meat that meets the description in Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 of the European Union.
[4]           Section 5, heading
substitute
5              No export without approval and certificate — quota meat
[5]           After section 5
insert
5A           No export without certificate — grain fed high quality beef
         (1)   Subsection (2) applies to a consignment of grain fed high quality beef that is not to be exported by a person to a member country of the EU in accordance with subsection 5 (1) or (2).
         (2)   The consignment may only be exported by a person to a member country of the EU at the EU reduced tariff for grain fed high quality beef if the exporter has obtained a certificate under Part 5 for the consignment.
[6]           Section 17, heading
substitute
17            How to obtain certificates — quota meat
[7]           After section 17
insert
17A         How to obtain certificates — grain fed high quality beef
         (1)   An exporter may obtain a certificate for a consignment of grain fed high quality beef that is not to be exported to a member country of the EU in accordance with subsection 5 (1) or (2) by:
                (a)    lodging an entry for the consignment in the EXDOC system; or
               (b)    completing a certificate for the consignment in a form approved by the Secretary, and having the certificate endorsed by an authorised officer.
         (2)   An authorised officer who is given a certificate by an exporter for endorsement under paragraph (1) (b) must endorse the certificate if the exporter has completed the certificate in a form approved by the Secretary.
Note
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