Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Live Sheep and Goats to the Middle East) Amendment Order 2003 (No. 1)
I, JENNIFER GORDON, 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 28 October 2003
JENNIFER GORDON
National Manager
Animal and Plant Programs
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1 Name of Order
This Order is the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Live Sheep and Goats to the Middle East) Amendment Order 2003 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Order commences on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Live Sheep and Goats to the Middle East) Order 2003
Schedule 1 amends the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Live Sheep and Goats to the Middle East) Order 2003.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Subsection 5 (1)
substitute
(1) This Order applies to the export of live sheep and goats.
[2] After subsection 5 (2)
insert
(2A) While the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (Export of Live-stock to Saudi Arabia) Order 2003 is in force, subsection (2) has effect as if paragraph (l) were omitted.
[3] Subsection 5 (5)
omit
For each consignment of live sheep or goats the floor area
insert
For each consignment of live sheep or goats exported during May, June, July, August, September or October, the floor area
[4] After subsection 5 (5)
insert
(6) For each consignment of live sheep or goats exported during November, December, January, February, March and April, the floor area per head (excluding hospital pens) in an area of the ship where animals are housed must be at least the floor area required by the following table (for weights between those shown in the table, the minimum pen area per head is to be calculated by linear interpolation):
Average weight per head of sheep or goats (kg) | Minimum floor area per head (m2) |
28 | 0.261 |
29 | 0.263 |
30 | 0.265 |
31 | 0.268 |
32 | 0.270 |
33 | 0.273 |
34 | 0.275 |
35 | 0.278 |
36 | 0.280 |
37 | 0.283 |
38 | 0.285 |
39 | 0.288 |
40 | 0.290 |
41 | 0.293 |
42 | 0.295 |
43 | 0.298 |
44 | 0.300 |
45 | 0.303 |
46 | 0.305 |
47 | 0.308 |
48 | 0.310 |
49 | 0.313 |
50 | 0.315 |
51 | 0.320 |
52 | 0.324 |
53 | 0.329 |
54 | 0.333 |
55 | 0.338 |
56 | 0.342 |
57 | 0.347 |
58 | 0.351 |
59 | 0.356 |
60 | 0.360 |
61 | 0.367 |
62 | 0.374 |
63 | 0.380 |
64 | 0.387 |
65 | 0.394 |
66 | 0.401 |
67 | 0.408 |
68 | 0.415 |
69 | 0.422 |
70 | 0.429 |
75 | 0.465 |
80 | 0.502 |
90 | 0.575 |