14Application for live‑stock export licence

14 Application for live‑stock export licence

(1) For subsection 11 (1) of the Act, an application for a live‑stock export licence must be in writing, in a form approved by the Secretary, and must set out: (a) the name, address and date of birth of the applicant; and (b) the name, address and date of birth of each person in management and control; and

Note: For the meaning of person in management and control, see subregulation 3 (1) and section 8 of the Act.

(c) the type of live‑stock to be exported and the mode of transport to be used; and

Note: The Secretary may grant a live‑stock export licence to export a particular type of live‑stock only or to export live‑stock using a particular mode of transport only—see subsection 33 (3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

(d) whether the applicant, or any person in management and control of the live‑stock export business or proposed  
live‑stock export business, has been charged with an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, for which the maximum penalty is a period of imprisonment or a fine of at least $1 000; and
(e) subject to Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914—whether the applicant, or any person in management and control of the live‑stock export business or proposed live‑stock export business, has been convicted (within the meaning given by subsection 85ZM (1) of that Act) of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, for which the maximum penalty is a period of imprisonment or a fine of at least $1 000; and

Note: Subsection 85ZM (1) of the Crimes Act 1914 is as follows:

Note: (1) For the purposes of this Part, a person shall be taken to have been convicted of an offence if:

Note: (a) the person has been convicted, whether summarily or on indictment, of the offence;

Note: (b) the person has been charged with, and found guilty of, the offence but discharged without conviction; or

Note: (c) the person has not been found guilty of the offence, but a court has taken it into account in passing sentence on the person for another offence.

(f) whether the applicant (being an individual or a body corporate) operates, or intends to operate, the business in partnership with another individual or body corporate; and
(g) if the applicant operates, or intends to operate, the business in partnership—the name and address of each partner or proposed partner.