8‑6 Trade description must be applied to8‑6 Trade description must be applied to prescribed plants or plant products that are intended to be exported

8‑6 Trade description must be applied to prescribed plants or plant products that are intended to be exported

(1) The exporter of prescribed plants or plant products must ensure that a trade description is applied to the plants and plant products before they are exported. The trade description must include the following information: (a) the kind of plants or plant products in the consignment to be exported; (b) the net weight or number of units of the plants or plant products in the consignment to be exported; (c) the registration number of the registered establishment where: (i) operations to prepare the plants or plant products for export were carried out; or (ii) an assessment of the plants or plant products was carried out; (d) the name and address, or the identification number, of the exporter, manufacturer or producer of the plants or plant products; (e) if the plants or plant products are imported plants or plant products—the country of origin of the plants or plant products; (f) any other information necessary to meet relevant importing country requirements relating to the plants or plant products.

Note 1: For trade description, see section 246 of the Act.

Note 2: For applied, in relation to a trade description, see section 247 of the Act.

Note 3: The trade description must also comply with section 8‑7 and subsection 8‑8(2) of this instrument. See also section 3‑5 of this instrument (application of trade description at accredited property) and section 4‑10 of this instrument (application of trade description at registered establishment).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), if export operations that changed the nature of the prescribed plants or plant products were carried out in a country outside Australian territory, that other country is taken to be the country of origin of the plants or plant products.