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#### 7‑8 Application for export permit must include declaration (1) For the purposes of paragraph 239(1)(c) of the Act, an application for an export permit for prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products must include a declaration stating that: (a) the requirements of the Act in relation to the export of the prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products have been complied with, or will be complied with before the poultry meat or poultry meat products are imported into the importing country; and (b) at the date the declaration is made, the importing country requirements (if any) relating to the prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products are met. > Note 1: The Secretary may approve a single form for an application for an export permit for prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products and a notice of intention to export the prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products (see paragraph 243(4)(b) of the Act). > Note 2: For when requirements to give information (including a declaration) in writing can be met by an electronic communication, see section 9 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999. For electronic signatures, see section 10 of that Act. > Note 3: The Secretary may accept any information or document previously given to the Secretary in connection with an application made under the Act, or a notice of intention to export a consignment of prescribed goods given under the Act, as satisfying any requirement to give that information or document under subsection 239(1) of the Act (see subsection 239(2) of the Act). (2) A declaration referred to in subsection (1) must be made by: (a) a person who: (i) manages or controls operations that are the last operations to prepare the poultry meat or poultry meat products carried out at a registered establishment before export; and (ii) is designated in the approved arrangement as a person who may make the declaration; or (b) a Commonwealth authorised officer. (3) A declaration: (a) must not be made if there are no reasonable grounds for making it; and (b) must not be false or misleading; and (c) must be signed and dated by the person who made it. > Note: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person makes a false or misleading statement in an application or provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code and sections 367, 368 and 369 of the Act). Chapter 8—Other matters relating to export