6‑24 Pre‑export conditions for sheep and6‑24 Pre‑export conditions for sheep and goats

6‑24 Pre‑export conditions for sheep and goats

(1) The holder of a livestock export licence must not export a consignment of sheep or goats to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia unless the conditions prescribed by this section are complied with.

Note: See also Division 4 in relation to exports of sheep by sea to the Middle East.

Vaccination against scabby mouth (2) Each sheep or goat in the consignment: (a) must have been vaccinated against scabby mouth, using a modified live virus, at least 30 days before the date of export of the consignment; and (b) if vaccinated more than 12 months before the date of export of the consignment, must not have resided on properties that do not have an annual vaccination program for any continuous period of more than 12 months since their most recent vaccination. (3) The person (the vaccinator) who carried out the vaccination of the sheep or goats required by subsection (2) must make a written record (the vaccination record) of the following: (a) the vaccinator’s name and address; (b) if the vaccinator is not the vendor of the sheep or goats—the vendor’s name and address; (c) the address, and the property identification code of the property or the part of the property, from which the sheep or goats originated; (d) the place where, the vaccination was carried out; (e) the system used to identify each sheep or goat that was vaccinated (for example, property of origin tags, radio‑frequency identification tags, eartags), the actual means of identification used (for example, red tags), and the number or other identifier used for each sheep and goat; (f) the following details about the vaccine that was administered: (i) the product name; (ii) the batch number; (iii) the expiry date or date of manufacture; (g) confirmation that the vaccine was stored, handled and administered strictly in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions; (h) confirmation that the vaccinator has retained each invoice relating to the purchase of the vaccine and can provide a copy to the holder of the livestock export licence within 5 days of receiving a request to do so. (4) The vendor of the sheep or goats must give the following documents to the holder of the livestock export licence: (a) a declaration by the vaccinator stating that the vaccinator has vaccinated the sheep or goats in the consignment and has prepared and retained a vaccination record for the sheep or goats that is true and complete; (b) a declaration by the vendor stating that: (i) the sheep or goats in the consignment that have been vaccinated more than 12 months before the date of export of the consignment have not, since their most recent vaccination, resided on properties that do not have an annual vaccination program for any continuous period of more than 12 months; and (ii) the vendor has evidence supporting the matters declared.