Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Rules 2021
2‑4 Export of prescribed plants or plant2‑4 Export of prescribed plants or plant products is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
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2‑4 Export of prescribed plants or plant products is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with
(1) The export from Australian territory of prescribed plants or plant products is prohibited unless the conditions specified in the items in the following table are complied with.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:404.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Prescribed export conditions for prescribed plants or plant products</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Prescribed export conditions</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Accredited property</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>If:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the plants or plant products are covered by the Accredited Properties (Prescribed Plants and Plant Products) List in relation to an importing country and a kind of export operations; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the plants or plant products are intended to be exported to that importing country; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the plants or plant products are not imported plants or plant products;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>then:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) export operations of that kind in relation to the plants or plant products (other than treatment of the plants or plant products) must be carried out at a property that is accredited for export operations of that kind in relation to the plants or plant products and that importing country; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) at the time the export operations are carried out, the accreditation of the property must not be suspended in relation to those operations.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Registered establishment</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>Operations to prepare the plants or plant products for export (other than operations to which subsection</span><span> </span><span>(3) applies) must be carried out at an establishment that is registered for those operations in relation to the plants or plant products. At the time the operations are carried out, the registration of the establishment must not be suspended in relation to those operations.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Bulk vessel approval</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>If the plants or plant products are intended to be transported in or on a bulk vessel, a bulk vessel approval, covering the cargo spaces of the vessel into or onto which it is intended to load the plants or plant products, must be in force for the bulk vessel, and not suspended, when the plants or plant products are loaded into or onto the vessel.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Notice of intention to export</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>A person prescribed by section</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>1 must, at the time prescribed by section</span><span> </span><span>8</span><span>‑</span><span>3, give the Secretary a notice of intention to export a consignment of, or including, the plants or plant products.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Export permit</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>The exporter of the plants or plant products must hold an export permit for the plants or plant products and the export permit must be in force, and not suspended, at the time the plants or plant products are exported.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>