16Registration of exporters

#### 16 Registration of exporters (1) A person who exports shorn wool: (a) in respect of which the person is not in possession of a prescribed certificate; and (b) that has not, in pursuance of an arrangement with the Commissioner, been appraised; without being registered under this section as an exporter in respect of the State from a place in which the wool is exported is, in respect of each day on which the person so exports such shorn wool (including the day of a conviction of an offence against this subsection or any subsequent day), guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $50. (1A) An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. (2) An application for registration as an exporter in respect of a State shall be in writing in accordance with a form approved by the Commissioner and shall be made in the prescribed manner. (3) On receipt of the application, the Commissioner shall forthwith register the applicant as an exporter in respect of that State by entering the name of the applicant in a register to be kept by the Commissioner for the purpose and shall give notice of the registration to the applicant. (4) Where a person who is registered as an exporter in respect of a State dies or, being a company, is wound‑up, the person thereupon ceases to be registered as an exporter in respect of that State and the Commissioner shall, upon being notified of the death or winding‑up, remove the name of the person from the register. (5) Where a person who is registered as an exporter in respect of a State applies in writing to the Commissioner in the prescribed manner for the cancellation of his registration as an exporter in respect of that State, the Commissioner shall, forthwith upon receipt of the application, cancel the registration of the person as an exporter in respect of that State by removing the name of the person from the register and shall give notice of the cancellation to the person.