Export Control (Rabbit and Ratite Meat and Rabbit and Ratite Meat Products) Rules 2021
1‑4 Simplified outline of this instrumen1‑4 Simplified outline of this instrument
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 1‑4 Simplified outline of this instrumen
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Export Control (Rabbit and Ratite Meat and Rabbit and Ratite Meat Products) Rules 2021.
1‑4 Simplified outline of this instrument
General
This instrument prescribes matters and makes other provision in relation to certain rabbit and ratite meat and rabbit and ratite meat products (prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products and ratite meat products) for the purposes of the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act).
Prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products must not be exported from Australian territory unless the conditions prescribed by this instrument (prescribed export conditions) are complied with. A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if prescribed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products are exported in contravention of prescribed export conditions (see Division 4 of Part 1 of Chapter 2 of the Act).
This instrument prescribes other matters and makes other provision in relation to the export of rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products and ratite meat products, including in relation to the following:
(a) exemptions;
(b) government certificates;
(c) registered establishments;
(d) approved arrangements;
(e) export permits;
(f) notices of intention to export;
(g) trade descriptions;
(h) official marks and official marking devices;
(i) audits;
(j) assessments;
(k) functions and powers of authorised officers;
(l) records;
(m) samples;
(n) damaged or destroyed rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products.
Structure of this instrument and Chapter numbering
This instrument is arranged in Chapters that have the same number and name as the corresponding Chapters in the Act. For example, the provisions of this instrument that are made for the purposes of Chapter 4—Registered establishments of the Act are included in Chapter 4—Registered establishments of this instrument. This means there are gaps in the Chapter numbering because there are no provisions for the purposes of some Chapters of the Act.