Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00759:reg:3:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00759
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 8/15)
Character Range: 139736–142379

of paragraph 278(e) of the Act, the relevant person:
 (a) for an assessment at a registered establishment of prescribed plants or plant products in relation to which an application for a government certificate or an export permit has not been made is:
 (i) the occupier of the registered establishment; or
 (ii) the exporter of the plants or plant products; and
 (b) for an assessment of plants or plant products that is carried out in response to a request referred to in paragraph 9‑5(c) of this instrument—the person who requested the assessment.

Division 2—Carrying out assessment etc.

9‑7  Purpose of this Division
  For the purposes of section 279 of the Act, this Division makes provision for and in relation to the following matters:
 (a) carrying out assessments of plants or plant products;
 (b) the process to be followed after an assessment of plants or plant products has been completed;
 (c) records of assessments of plants or plant products;
 (d) other matters relating to assessments of plants or plant products.

9‑8  Assessments of prescribed plants or plant products
 (1) An assessment of prescribed plants or plant products must be carried out at an establishment that is registered to carry out export operations in relation to the plants or plant products.
Note: An assessment of non‑prescribed plants or plant products may be carried out at any establishment.
 (2) However, subsection (1) does not prevent a reassessment of timber logs that are intended to be transported in or on a bulk vessel being carried out at a wharf that is not a registered establishment.
Note: If plants or plant products are intended to be transported in or on a bulk vessel, a bulk vessel approval, covering the cargo spaces of the vessel into or onto which it is intended to load the plants or plant products, must be in force for the bulk vessel, and not suspended, when the plants or plant products are loaded into or onto the vessel (see item 3 of the table in subsection 2‑4(1)).

9‑9  Circumstances when bulk vessel approval or container approval must be provided to assessor

Bulk vessel approval
 (1) If:
 (a) an assessment of prescribed plants or plant products that are to be transported in or on a bulk vessel is being carried out; and
 (b) the bulk vessel is present at the assessment;
the relevant person for the assessment must give a bulk vessel approval, covering the cargo spaces of the vessel into or onto which the plants or plant products have been, are being, or are to be loaded, to the assessor.
Note 1: Prescribed plants or plant products must not be loaded into or onto a bulk vessel unless a bulk vessel approval,