35How to obtain approval for exports of quota meat

35 How to obtain approval for exports of quota meat

(1) An exporter must apply for a separate approval for each consignment of quota meat to be exported. (2) The application must include the following information for the consignment: (a) the exporter’s name; (b) the exporter’s export licence number; (c) for the meat to be exported: (i) its type; and (ii) its AUS‑MEAT meat type cipher; and (iii) its AUS‑MEAT handbook cut number; and (iv) its shipped weight in kilograms; and (v) whether it is chilled or frozen; and (vi) if it is bone‑in, or a part of the consignment is bone‑in—its shipped weight in the approved form; and (vii) if it is boneless, or a part of the consignment is boneless—its shipped weight in the approved form; and (viii) the establishment number of the establishment that prepared the meat; (d) the name of the importer; (e) the name of the ship and the voyage, or the air freight carrier and flight number, to be used; (f) the intended port of loading and the expected date of loading; (g) the name of the final destination country; (h) the intended port of discharge. (3) An application for approval: (a) must not be lodged in EXDOC before: (i) the exporter receives a notice under subsection 19(3) or 27(3), about the quota entitlement to which the consignment relates; or (ii) the exporter receives a quota entitlement, to which the consignment relates, on transfer under Part 6; and (b) must be lodged in EXDOC before the end of the quota year to which the quota entitlement relates. (4) The Secretary must give an approval to export a consignment of quota meat in a quota year if: (a) the exporter lodges an application for the approval in accordance with this section; and (b) the total shipped weight of quota meat exported by the exporter in the quota year, plus the shipped weight of the consignment, is not greater than the exporter’s total quota entitlement for the quota year.