6‑14B Sheep must not be exported to cert6‑14B Sheep must not be exported to certain countries in the Middle East between 22 May and 31 May unless certain conditions satisfied

6‑14B Sheep must not be exported to certain countries in the Middle East between 22 May and 31 May unless certain conditions satisfied

(1) This section applies in relation to a consignment of sheep that is to be exported to any of the following countries by sea on a vessel that leaves an Australian port between 22 May in a year and 31 May in that year: (a) Bahrain; (b) Iran; (c) Iraq; (d) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; (e) Qatar; (f) the United Arab Emirates. (2) The consignment of sheep must not be exported unless: (a) the weight of each sheep in the consignment is: (i) for a heat‑tolerant sheep breed—66 kg or less; or (ii) for any other sheep breed—56 kg or less; and (b) the length of the wool or hair of each sheep in the consignment is: (i) for a heat‑tolerant sheep breed—25 mm or less; or (ii) for any other sheep breed—20 mm or less; and (d) the pen air turnover for each deck of the vessel on which sheep are to be transported, when the vessel is in port, is at least: (i) if the weight of each sheep in the consignment is 56kg or less and the length of the wool or hair of each sheep is 10 mm or less—140 cubic metres per hour for each square metre of pen space on the deck; or (ii) if the minimum pen space allocation to each sheep in the consignment is at least 10% more than the minimum pen space allocation specified for sheep exported by sea in the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock—160 cubic metres per hour for each square metre of pen space on the deck; or (iii) in any other case—180 cubic metres per hour for each square metre of pen space on the deck.

Note: Other conditions, including the reporting obligations under subsections 6‑17(2) and 6‑18(5), apply in relation to the export of sheep by sea to the Middle East during the northern summer.

(3) However, if the vessel is also transporting a consignment of sheep to Kuwait, the condition mentioned in paragraph (2)(d) only applies in relation to the part of the journey that occurs after the vessel leaves the port in Kuwait.