6‑26A Other requirements for renewal of 6‑26A Other requirements for renewal of livestock export licence

6‑26A Other requirements for renewal of livestock export licence

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 196(2)(e) of the Act, this section prescribes other requirements that must be met for the renewal of a livestock export licence.

Note: The requirements provided by paragraphs 196(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Act must also be met.

Applicant must be competent and of sound financial standing (2) The holder of the licence must be: (a) competent to hold the licence; and (b) of sound financial standing. Renewal of licence must not be contrary to interests of livestock industry (3) The renewal of the licence must not, for any reason, be contrary to the interests of the livestock industry. Operations and governance manual (4) If the holder of the licence: (a) has been granted an exemption under Part 2 of Chapter 2 of the Act from the requirement that prescribed livestock be prepared for export in accordance with an approved arrangement; or (b) intends to apply, or has applied, for such an exemption; the holder must have an operations and governance manual for the holder’s livestock export business.

Note 1: It is a prescribed export condition that an approved arrangement held by the exporter that covers operations to prepare prescribed livestock for export at a registered establishment or approved premises must be in force and not suspended in relation to those operations at the time they are carried out (see items 1 and 2 of the table in section 2‑3).

Note 2: The Secretary may deal with an application for the renewal of an export licence for a kind of export operations in relation to livestock and an application for an exemption at the same time.

Note 3: If the livestock export licence and the exemption are granted, the operations and governance manual must not be varied except as permitted by subsections 6‑8(3) to (5).

(5) The operations and governance manual must set out the matters mentioned in subsection 6‑1(5).