Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00422:reg:2:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00422
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 27/102)
Character Range: 119202–121959

financial standing.

Grant of licence must not be contrary to interests of livestock industry
 (3) The grant of the licence to the applicant must not, for any reason, be contrary to the interests of the livestock industry.

Operations and governance manual
 (4) If the applicant intends to apply, or has applied, for an exemption under Part 2 of Chapter 2 of the Act from the requirement that prescribed livestock be prepared for export in accordance with an approved arrangement, the applicant must have an operations and governance manual for the applicant's livestock export business or proposed livestock export business.
Note 1: It is a prescribed export condition that an approved arrangement held by the exporter that covers operations to prepare prescribed livestock for export at a registered establishment or approved premises must be in force and not suspended in relation to those operations at the time they are carried out (see items 1 and 2 of the table in section 2‑3).
Note 2: The Secretary may deal with an application for an export licence for a kind of export operations in relation to livestock and an application for an exemption at the same time.
Note 3: If the livestock export licence and the exemption are granted, the operations and governance manual must not be varied except as permitted by subsections 6‑8(3) to (5).
 (5) The operations and governance manual must set out how the applicant's livestock export business will operate and be governed, and must include information about the following aspects of the business:
 (a) how the export operations to be carried out by the business will comply with the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock;
 (b) the structure of the business;
 (c) staff management and training;
 (d) risk management;
 (e) records management;
 (f) the strategy for managing compliance, and review of the strategy.

Division 2—Other matters relating to livestock export licences

6‑2  Other information to be stated in livestock export licence
  For the purposes of paragraph 193(2)(h) of the Act, the following information is prescribed:
 (a) the kind and class of livestock covered by the licence;
 (b) the mode of transport (aircraft or vessel) covered by the licence.

6‑3  Period of effect of livestock export licence
  For the purposes of paragraph 194(5)(b) of the Act, a livestock export licence remains in force for 5 years starting on the day the licence takes effect.
Note 1: The Secretary must give written notice of the date the livestock export licence takes effect (see paragraph 193(2)(d) of the Act).
Note 2: The last day of the 5 year period is the expiry date for the livestock export licence unless an expiry date set under subsection 191(3) or 196(3) or paragraph 201(1)(c)