Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00086:body:0:p27
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of continuing approved arrangement
 (3) For the purposes of the application of the Act in relation to the continuing approved arrangement, the organisation to which the old QM certificate had been issued is the holder of the continuing approved arrangement.

Expiry of continuing approved arrangement
 (4) Subject to subsection (6), if there was no expiry date for the old QM certificate, the continuing approved arrangement continues in force unless:
 (a) it is revoked under Part 6 of Chapter 5 of the Act; or
 (b) it is taken to have been revoked under section 188 of the Act.
 (5) Subject to subsection (6), if there was an expiry date for the old QM certificate, the continuing approved arrangement continues in force until that expiry date unless:
 (a) it is renewed under Part 3 of Chapter 5 of the Act on or before that date; or
 (b) it is revoked under Part 6 of Chapter 5 of the Act, or is taken to have been revoked under section 188 of the Act on or before that date.
 (6) Unless the continuing approved arrangement has been renewed, or has ceased to have effect, before the end of the transition period, the continuing approved arrangement ceases to have effect at the end of the transition period.

12‑3  Secretary may direct holder to vary continuing approved arrangement
 (1) This section applies to a continuing approved arrangement within the meaning of subsection 12‑2(2).
 (2) The Secretary may direct the holder of the continuing approved arrangement, in writing, to vary the text of the continuing approved arrangement by replacing a reference to an old Export Control Law, or a provision of an old Export Control Law, with a reference to the Act or this instrument or a provision of the Act or this instrument (as the case requires), or by making any other variation that the Secretary considers necessary to ensure that:
 (a) the approved arrangement complies with subsection 150(2) of the Act and the requirements prescribed by Part 1 of Chapter 5 of this instrument; and
 (b) carrying out export operations in relation to prescribed organic goods in accordance with the approved arrangement will ensure:
 (i) compliance with the requirements of the Act in relation to those export operations and goods; and
 (ii) that importing country requirements relating to those export operations and goods will be met.
Note: The holder of the continuing approved arrangement is the person to whom the old QM certificate had been issued (see subsection 12‑2(3) of this instrument).
 (3) If the holder of the continuing approved arrangement is given a direction under subsection (2), the holder must comply with the direction:
 (a) within 2 years after receiving it; or
 (b) within