Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100:reg:8:p57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 57/75)
Character Range: 210810–213564

at least 2 years (see subsection 11‑9(2)).

Division 3—Renewal of approved arrangement

5‑48  Period within which application to renew approved arrangement must be made
  For the purposes of paragraph 155(4)(a) of the Act, the period within which an application to renew an approved arrangement for a kind of export operations in relation to prescribed meat or meat products (other than Halal meat certification operations) must be made is the period of 60 days starting on the day that is 180 days before the expiry date for the approved arrangement.
Note 1: For example, if an approved arrangement expires on 8 July in a year (other than a leap year), an application for renewal can be made at any time between 9 January and 10 March in that year.
Note 2: An application to renew an approved arrangement will only need to be made if there is an expiry date for the approved arrangement (see subsection 155(1) of the Act).

Division 4—Variation of approved arrangement

Subdivision A—Variations by holder

5‑49  Requirements that must be met for variation to be approved or conditions varied
 (1) This section applies in relation to an application under subsection 161(1) of the Act to approve a variation of an approved arrangement for operations to prepare prescribed meat or meat products for export to a particular country, or to vary the conditions of such an approved arrangement, if:
 (a) the application is made because the relevant importing country authority does not require:
 (i) one or more requirements (the relevant requirements) of the Australian Meat Standard that apply in relation to a registered establishment where the operations are carried out to be met; or
 (ii) compliance with one or more conditions (the relevant conditions) in Subdivisions C to H of Division 2 of this Part; and
 (b) the relevant importing country authority requires a different requirement relating to the prescribed meat or meat products to be met.
Note: A variation of an approved arrangement, or of the conditions of an approved arrangement, may be needed to implement an alternative regulatory arrangement or other significant variation (see Subdivisions B and C of Division 1 of Part 4 of Chapter 5 of the Act).
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 161(3)(c) of the Act, it is a requirement that:
 (a) compliance with the different importing country requirement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) of this section will not result in:
 (i) the relevant requirements being met; or
 (ii) the relevant conditions being complied with; and
 (b) the approved arrangement provides for a system of controls to be implemented to ensure that the different importing country requirement will be complied with; and
 (c) the system of controls referred to in paragraph (b)