Export Control (Animals) Rules 2021
2‑4 Export of prescribed live animals is2‑4 Export of prescribed live animals is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
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2‑4 Export of prescribed live animals is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
The export from Australian territory of prescribed live animals 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 live animals</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: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>1</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>Pre</span><span>‑</span><span>export quarantine or isolation at approved premises</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>If it is an importing country requirement that operations to prepare the live animals 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 live animals for export must be carried out at premises that are approved under paragraph</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>10(2)(a) for pre</span><span>‑</span><span>export quarantine or isolation of the live animals; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) at the time the operations are carried out, the approval of the premises 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>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 live animals.</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>11(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:1.5pt 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:1.5pt 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 live animals must hold an export permit for the animals and the export permit must be in force and not suspended at the time the animals are exported.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>