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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Cattle) Amendment Orders 2002 (No. 1)
I, ANN McDONALD, General Manager, Market Maintenance Group, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make these Orders under section 17 of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997.
Dated 18 July 2002
ANN McDONALD
General Manager, Market Maintenance Group
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
 
1              Name of Orders
                These Orders are the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Cattle) Amendment Orders 2002 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                These Orders commence on gazettal.
3              Amendment of Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Cattle) Orders 1998
                Schedule 1 amends the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Cattle) Orders 1998.
 
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
Do not delete: Schedule Part Placeholder
[1]           Clause 3, before definition of licensee
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LEAP means the document called ‘Live-stock Export Accreditation Program’, published in March 2001 by the Australian Livestock Export Corporation Ltd (LiveCorp).
Note   Copies of LEAP are available from LiveCorp, 23 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW 2000, telephone (02) 9223 7655.
[2]           After subclause 4 (1)
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      (1A)   The licensee must not, without the written consent of the Secretary, export cattle to any of the following ports:
                (a)    Bahrain (Manama), Bahrain;
               (b)    Kuwait, Kuwait;
                (c)    Doha, Qatar;
               (d)    Umm Said, Qatar;
                (e)    Dammam, Saudi Arabia;
                (f)    Dubai, UAE;
                (g)    Mina Saqr, UAE;
                (h)    Umm Al Qaywayn, UAE.
[3]           Subclause 4 (5)
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subclause (3) or (4)
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subclause (1A), (3) or (4),
[4]           After clause 4
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4A           Export during northern summer of cattle from Australian ports north of 26th parallel
         (1)   This clause applies to the export of cattle by a licensee from a port in Australia north of 26 south latitude:
(a)           to any of the following ports:
                          (i)    Bahrain (Manama), Bahrain;
                         (ii)    Kuwait, Kuwait;
                         (iii)    Doha, Qatar;
                        (iv)    Umm Said, Qatar;
                         (v)    Dammam, Saudi Arabia;
                        (vi)    Dubai, UAE;
                        (vii)    Mina Saqr, UAE;
                       (viii)    Umm Al Quwain, UAE; and
               (b)    during May, June, July, August, September or October.
         (2)   Subject to subclause (3), and without the written consent of the Secretary, the licensee:
                (a)    must not export more than 500 head of cattle in any consignment; and
               (b)    must ensure that 80% of the total consignment exported has the physical characteristics of the bos indicus type; and
                (c)    must comply with stocking densities required by LEAP.
         (3)   Before applying for an export permit, under the Export Control (Animals) Orders as amended, to export a consignment of cattle, the licensee must submit a management plan for the export of the cattle to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Canberra.
Note   Management plans must be submitted to the General Manager, Market Maintenance, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, GPO Box 858, Canberra ACT 2601.
         (4)   When deciding whether to consent to the export of cattle under subclause (2), the Secretary must give priority to the welfare of the cattle.
[5]           Subclause 6 (1)
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subclause 4 (3), 4 (4),
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subclause 4 (1A), 4 (3), 4 (4), 4A (2),