3Objects of this Act

3 Objects of this Act

(1) The objects of this Act are as follows: (a) to enable monitoring, investigation and reporting on the implementation, by the Commonwealth Government, of the animal welfare and live animal export legislation and standards in relation to the export of livestock, and the outcomes of such implementation, and, in doing so: (i) to increase accountability for, and the transparency of, compliance with such legislation and standards; and (ii) to increase accountability for those outcomes; (b) to promote continual improvements in the regulatory practice, performance and culture of the Department in its role as the regulator of Australia’s livestock exports, including improvements in the development of the ASEL; (c) to provide an additional layer of accountability and assurance over the regulation of Australia’s livestock exports; (d) to ensure that livestock export officials, in performing functions and exercising powers, consider the welfare of animals in Australia’s livestock exports. (2) The objects mentioned in subsection (1) are to be achieved with a view to ensuring that the animal welfare and live animal export legislation and standards in relation to the export of livestock are complied with.