Livestock Export (Merino) Orders (Amendment) (No. 1 of 1996)

Commonwealth of Australia

Export Control Act 1982

Export Control (Orders) Regulations

Livestock Export (Merino) Orders

(Amendment)1

         No. 1 of 1996

I, JOHN ANDERSON, Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, make the following Orders under the Export Control (Orders) Regulations.

Dated  2nd July        1996.

John Anderson

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

1. Amendment

1.1 The Livestock Export (Merino) Orders2 are amended as set out  in these Orders.

[NOTE:  These Orders commence on gazettal: see Export Control Act 1982, s. 25 and Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s.48.]

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2. Order 4 (Interpretation)

2.1 Suborder 4.1 (definition of “designated export auction”):

Omit the definition, substitute:

“‘designated export auction’ means a livestock auction conducted wholly, or in  part, for the purpose of the purchase of merino rams:

(a) for export; or

(b) for the production of reproductive material for export;

being an auction declared to be a designated export auction:

(c) by the Australian Association of Stud Merino  Breeders Limited, in accordance with  the  Guidelines and Conditions for Merino Export Sales and Nomination of Merino Rams as Export Semen Donors published by that Association, as in force on 17 June 1996; and

(d) before the start of the 1996 ram selling season.”.

2.2 Suborder 4.1

Insert the following definition:

“‘National Register’ means the National Register of Merino Semen Export Donors, maintained by the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders Limited in accordance with the Guidelines and Conditions for Merino Export Sales and Nomination of Merino Rams as Export Semen Donors published by that  Association, as in force on 17 June 1996;”.

3. Order 5 (Export of merino rams, merino reproductive material and merino ewes, ova and embryos prohibited)

3.1 Omit the order, substitute:

Export prohibited

“5.1   The export, to any country other than New Zealand, of  merino rams, merino semen, merino ewes, merino ova or merino embryos is prohibited, unless:

(a)  in the case of an export for the purpose only of a scientific research project—an exemption is granted under order 9; or

(b) in any other  case—an  exemption  is  granted under order 8.

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Restriction on exemption

“5A.1  The Minister may determine an annual export quota comprising merino rams for export and rams from which reproductive material may be derived for export.

[Note: A notice of the annual quota is set out in the Guidelines and Conditions for Merino Export Sales and Nomination of Merino Rams as Export Semen Donors.]”.

4. Order 6 (Export to comply with conditions and restrictions)

4.1 Omit the order, substitute:

Application of Prescribed Goods (General) Orders

 “6.1    Nothing in these Orders is taken to affect the operation of Part 3 of the Prescribed Goods (General) Orders, as in force from time to time.”.

5. Order 8 (Exemption from prohibition)

5.1 Omit the order, substitute:

Exemption from prohibition—reproductive purpose

 “8.1 Subject to suborder 8.2:

(a) the Secretary; or

(b) subject to order 10—an authorized officer;

may grant an exemption from the prohibition under order 5 to an exporter who applies, in writing, to the Secretary for the exemption.

“8.2 An exemption may be granted only if:

(a) in the case of a ram or semen—the ram, or donor ram, was purchased at a designated export auction for the purpose of export for reproduction or for the production of semen for export, and:

(i) a certificate known as a ‘Record of Merino Ram Sold for Export’ has been issued in respect of the ram by the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders Limited; and

(ii) all the requirements of the Guidelines and Conditions   for   Merino    Export    Sales    and

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Nomination of Merino Rams as  Export  Semen Donors, published by the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders Limited, as in force on 17 June 1996 have been complied with in respect of the ram; and

(iii) if there is in force an annual quota under      order 6—the exemption will not result in the quota being exceeded; or

(b) in the case of reproductive material derived from a ram other than a ram purchased  at a designated export auction:

 (i) the ram is recorded in the National Register; and

(ii) all the requirements of the Guidelines and Conditions for Merino Export Sales and Nomination of Merino Rams as Export Semen Donors, published by the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders Limited and as in force on 17 June 1996 have been complied with in respect of the ram; and

(iii) if there is an annual quota in force under     order 6—the exemption will not result in the quota being exceeded; or

(c) in the case of a ram or ewe purchased for the purpose of slaughter in an  overseas  country   other than New Zealand—the intending exporter has made a statutory declaration:

  (i) stating that the purchase is for purpose of slaughter; and

 (ii) specifying the country of destination; and

(iii) stating the purchase price.”.

6.  Order 9 (Exemption for scientific purposes)

6.1 Omit the order, substitute:

Exemption from prohibition—scientific purpose

“9.1 The Secretary or, subject to order 10, an authorized officer, may grant an exemption from the prohibition under order 5 to an exporter who applies, in writing to the Secretary for the exemption.

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“9.2 An application must:

(a) be made at least 28  days  before  the proposed date of export; and

(b) state the reason for seeking the exemption; and

(c) include, or be supplemented by, any information that the  Secretary,  or  the  authorized  officer,  reasonably  requires in deciding whether to grant the exemption.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on  1996.

2. The table below provides a list of all Livestock Export (Merino) Orders made up until the making of these Orders.

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NOTES—continued

NOTE: Copies of the Guidelines and Conditions for Merino Export Sales and Nomination of Merino Rams as Export Semen Donors referred to in suborder 4.1 are available from:

The Principal Executive Officer

International Wool Section

Livestock and Pastoral Division

Department of Primary Industries and Energy

BARTON  ACT  2600

Telephone:  06 272 5687

Facsimile:  06 272 4246

or by contacting:

The Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders Limited

5 Bill O’Reilly Stand

Sydney Showground

Driver Avenue

PADDINGTON  NSW 2021

Telephone:  02 331 9143

Facsimile:  02 361 6043