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12‑12 Verification by authorised officer before commencement time

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer had, under suborder 8.1 to Schedule 9 to the Old Export Control (Fish) Orders, given a written verification of matters referred to in paragraph 8.1(b) to that Schedule in relation to prescribed fish or fish products that had not been exported before the commencement time. (2) The written verification is taken, at the commencement time, to be a notice to the Secretary under subsection 9‑20(2) of this instrument. (3) The Secretary must give a copy of the written verification to the person who would be the relevant person for an assessment of the prescribed fish or fish products if an assessment of the fish or fish products were carried out under Part 2 of Chapter 9 of the Act.