Export Control (Animals) Rules 2021
2‑3 Export of prescribed livestock is pr2‑3 Export of prescribed livestock is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 2‑3 Export of prescribed livestock is pr
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Export Control (Animals) Rules 2021.
2‑3 Export of prescribed livestock is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
The export from Australian territory of prescribed livestock is prohibited unless the conditions specified in the items in the following table are complied with.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Prescribed export conditions for prescribed livestock</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Prescribed export conditions</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="CU_347255"></a><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Export by sea—registered establishment and approved arrangement</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>If the livestock are to be exported by sea:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) operations to prepare the livestock for export must be carried out at a registered establishment in relation to the livestock; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) at the time the operations are carried out, the registration of the establishment must not be suspended in relation to those operations; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) an approved arrangement held by the exporter that covers export operations in relation to the livestock up until they are unloaded at a port or landing place outside Australian territory, including operations to prepare the livestock for export at the registered establishment referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(a), must be in force; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) at the time the operations are carried out, the approved arrangement must not be suspended in relation to those operations.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Export by air—pre</span><span>‑</span><span>export quarantine or isolation premises, and approved arrangement</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>If the livestock are to be exported by air and it is an importing country requirement that operations to prepare the livestock for export must be carried out at premises that are approved for pre</span><span>‑</span><span>export quarantine or isolation:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) operations to prepare the livestock for export must be carried out at a registered establishment in relation to the livestock, or at premises that are approved under paragraph</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>5(2)(a) for pre</span><span>‑</span><span>export quarantine or isolation of the livestock; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) at the time the operations are carried out, the registration of the establishment or the approval of the premises (as the case may be) must not be suspended in relation to those operations; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) an approved arrangement held by the exporter that covers export operations in relation to the livestock up until they are unloaded at a port or landing place outside Australian territory, including operations to prepare the livestock for export at the registered establishment or approved premises referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(a), must be in force; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) at the time the operations are carried out, the approved arrangement must not be suspended in relation to those operations.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Livestock export licence</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>All of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the exporter must hold a livestock export licence to carry out operations to export the livestock;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) if the livestock are feeder livestock or slaughter livestock—the exporter must hold an approved ESCAS covering export operations in relation to the livestock from preparation up until and including the point of slaughter;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the livestock export licence must be in force and not suspended:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) at the time the operations referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(b) are carried out; and</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) at the time the livestock are exported.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Approved export program</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>The exporter must hold an approved export program under Division</span><span> </span><span>2 of Part</span><span> </span><span>4 of Chapter</span><span> </span><span>9 that applies to some or all of the export operations carried out in relation to the livestock. At the time the operations are carried out, the approved export program must be in force, and not suspended, in relation to those operations.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Notice of intention to export consignment</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>A person prescribed by section</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>1 must, at the time prescribed by section</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>3, give the Secretary a notice of intention to export a consignment of the livestock.</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>An approval of the notice of intention to export the consignment must be in force under paragraph</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>6(2)(a). The conditions (if any) of the approval must be complied with.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Export permit</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>The person who intends to export the livestock must hold an export permit for the livestock and the export permit must be in force and not suspended at the time the livestock are exported.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="CU_950867"></a><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Government certificate</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>If a government certificate in relation to the livestock is required to meet importing country requirements, the person who intends to export the livestock must hold a government certificate in relation to the livestock and the government certificate must be in force at the time the livestock are exported.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>