8‑11 Official mark—foreign country ident8‑11 Official mark—foreign country identification

8‑11 Official mark—foreign country identification

(1) A mark of the following design (with the relevant foreign country identification mark substituted for ‘A’), and of the dimensions provided by subsection (3), is an official mark for the purposes of the Act. A circle containing the word AUSTRALIA and the letter ‘A’ near the lower centre (2) For the purposes of this section, a foreign country identification mark is a mark that is required to be applied to plants or plant products that are to be imported into that country, as determined by the relevant importing country authority.

Note: For guidance on foreign country identification marks, see MICoR.

(3) The dimensions are as follows: (a) the diameter of the circle—50 mm; (b) the minimum height of the letters in the word “Australia”—6 mm; (c) the dimensions of the foreign country identification mark—as specified for the mark by the relevant importing country authority.

Note: For guidance on the requirements for the dimensions of a foreign country identification mark, see MICoR.