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Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Rules 2021
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#### 3‑13 Integrity
(1) Bovine animals (other than ineligible breeding bulls and ineligible breeding females) must not be transferred to an accredited farm from a property that is not an accredited property at the time of the proposed transfer.
(2) Ineligible breeding bulls or ineligible breeding females must not be transferred to an accredited farm from a property that is not an accredited property at the time of the proposed transfer, unless the Secretary has approved the transfer.
> Note 1: The Secretary may approve a single form for an application for approval to transfer ineligible breeding bulls or ineligible breeding females to an accredited farm from a property that is not accredited and an application for accreditation of the farm.
> Note 2: Ineligible breeding bulls and ineligible breeding females may be transferred between accredited properties without the approval of the Secretary.
(3) If:
(a) a consignment of bovine animals that are to be slaughtered to derive EU export meat is transferred from an accredited farm to another accredited property or to an EU‑listed establishment; and
(b) all animals in the consignment meet the requirements for export to a member state of the European Union as food;
an original EU vendor declaration for each animal must be given to the consignee.
> Note: An EU vendor declaration may be in any form that is approved by the Secretary (see the definition of EU vendor declaration in section 1‑5).
(4) An EU vendor declaration for an animal in a consignment must not be given to the consignee under subsection (3) unless all animals in the consignment meet the requirements for export to a member state of the European Union as food.