Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00102:reg:5:p39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00102
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 39/52)
Character Range: 151393–154244

paragraph 5‑2(4)(e)).
 (4) A declaration referred to in paragraph (1)(k) or (l):
 (a) must not be made if there are no reasonable grounds for making it; and
 (b) must not be false or misleading; and
 (c) must be signed and dated by the person who made it.
Note 1: For suspension or revocation of the approved arrangement if these requirements are not met, see sections 171 and 179 of the Act.
Note 2: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code and sections 368 and 369 of the Act).

5‑39  Information and declarations not received or inaccurate or incomplete
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a consignment of prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products is transferred to a registered establishment (the receiving establishment); and
 (b) the information and declarations required to be given to the occupier of the receiving establishment by section 5‑38:
 (i) are not given to the occupier in accordance with paragraph 5‑38(2)(b); or
 (ii) are inaccurate or incomplete.
 (2) The meat or meat products must:
 (a) be held at the receiving establishment under conditions of security, and not dealt with further for export as food without the written approval of an authorised officer; or
 (b) be identified as not for export as food, and segregated from prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products and ratite meat products.

Division 9—Meat inspection services

5‑40  Commonwealth authorised officer must be present while certain export operations are carried out
 (1) This section applies in relation to an approved arrangement for operations to prepare prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products for export at a registered establishment if:
 (a) the approved arrangement provides that a Commonwealth authorised officer must be present at the establishment while operations of that kind are carried out; or
 (b) the approved arrangement is subject to a condition that requires a Commonwealth authorised officer to be present at the establishment while operations of that kind are carried out.
 (2) Operations to prepare prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products for export in accordance with the approved arrangement must not be carried out at the registered establishment unless:
 (a) meat inspection services have been allocated to the establishment under Part 6 of Chapter 4 (registered establishments); and
 (b) a memorandum of agreed intent between the Secretary and the occupier of the establishment in relation to the allocation is in place under that Part; and
 (c) a Commonwealth authorised officer is present at the establishment.

Division 10—Management practices

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