Export Control (Animals) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1) (Cth)

Export Control (Animals) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1)

I, WARREN ERROL TRUSS, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make this Order under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982.

Dated   11 April 2005

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1. Name of Order

This Order is the Export Control (Animals) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Order commences on the day after it is registered.

1. Amendment of Export Control (Animals) Order 2004

Schedule 1 amends the Export Control (Animals) Order 2004.

Schedule 1        Amendment

(section 3)

[1]           Section 2.17, including the notes

substitute

2.17        Certain veterinarians to be accredited veterinarians

(1)   In this section:

veterinarian means a person who is registered under the law of a State or Territory as a veterinarian, veterinary practitioner or veterinary surgeon.

(2) For section 9B of the Act, a veterinarian is an accredited veterinarian if he or she has been given a notice of accreditation by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.

(3)   The Secretary may give a notice of accreditation to a veterinarian if the veterinarian has satisfactorily completed the training program known as the Accreditation Program for Australian Veterinarians, conducted by Animal Health Australia.

(4)   The Secretary may publish a list of accredited veterinarians from time to time.

Note   A list is available at (5)   A person whose name was, on 1 December 2004, on the list of approved veterinarians maintained by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service is taken to be an accredited veterinarian until 1 May 2005.