19Notice of provisional tariff rate quota entitlement

19 Notice of provisional tariff rate quota entitlement

(1) If the Secretary believes that the allocation trigger for a quota type and a quota year is likely to occur, the Secretary must give a written notice to each person to whom tariff rate quota certificates have been issued in relation to consignments of that quota type for export in that quota year. (2) The notice must: (a) state the amount (if any) of the person’s provisional tariff rate quota entitlement for the quota type and quota year; and (b) unless the person’s provisional tariff rate quota entitlement is nil—state that the person may request, no later than the day specified in the notice, the amount of that provisional tariff rate quota entitlement that the person wants to have allocated under section 21 as the person’s tariff rate quota entitlement if the allocation trigger occurs; (c) specify the way in which the person is to make the request. (3) The day specified for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) must be at least 10 business days after the date of the notice.