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2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Live Sheep Long Haul Export
Prohibition Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Ms Sharkie)
A Bill for an Act to restrict the long haul export of
live sheep, and for related purposes
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Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Bill 2019
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
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Export Control Act 1982
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Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Bill 2019
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A Bill for an Act to restrict the long haul export of
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live sheep, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Act 2019.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
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1 After section 16
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Insert:
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16A Live-stock export licence also subject to condition relating to
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long haul export of sheep etc. by ship to the Persian Gulf
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or Red Sea
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(1) A live-stock export licence is subject to a condition that live-stock
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that are sheep or lambs must not be exported from Australia, by
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ship, to:
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(a) a place in the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea (whether or not
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that place is the intended final overseas destination for the
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sheep or lambs); or
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(b) any other place, if the route of the ship to that place is
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through the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea;
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in a June, July, August or September in the transitional period, or
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at any time after the end of that period, if the duration of the
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voyage is 10 days or more.
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(2) In this section:
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transitional period means the period of 5 years starting on the day
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Schedule 1 to the Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Act
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2019 commences.
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2 Paragraphs 17(1)(a) and (b)
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After "the regulations", insert "or section 16A".
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3 At the end of subsection 18(4)
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Add "or section 16A".
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4 At the end of paragraph 23(1)(g)
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Add "(other than the condition in section 16A)".
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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Insert:
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(2AA) If the Secretary has reasonable grounds for believing that the
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holder of a live-stock export licence has contravened the condition
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in section 16A, the Secretary must give a written notice under this
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section to the holder.
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6 Paragraph 23(3)(a)
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After "(1)", insert "or (2AA)".
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7 After subparagraph 24(1)(b)(i)
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Insert:
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(ia) if subsection 23(2AA) applies--of the matter mentioned
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in subsection 23(2AA); or
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Export Control Act 1982
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8 After section 7
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Insert:
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7AA Regulations taken to prohibit long haul export of live sheep etc.
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by ship to the Persian Gulf or Red Sea subject to
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conditions and restrictions
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Live sheep and lambs are taken to be prescribed goods
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(1) The regulations are taken, on and after the commencement of this
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section, to declare that live-stock that are sheep or lambs are
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prescribed goods for the purposes of this Act.
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Prohibition on export to Persian Gulf or Red Sea subject to
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conditions
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(2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection 7(1) are taken, on
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and after the commencement of this section, to prohibit the export
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of live-stock that are sheep or lambs, by ship, to:
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(a) a place in the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea (whether or not
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that place is the intended final overseas destination for the
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sheep or lambs); or
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Amendments Schedule 1
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(b) any other place, if the route of the ship to that place is
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through the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea;
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unless:
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(c) the condition in subsection (3) is complied with; and
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(d) any other conditions or restrictions prescribed for the
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purposes of section 7 that are applicable to the goods are, to
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the extent that those other conditions or restrictions are not
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inconsistent with subsection (3) of this section, complied
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with.
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(3) The condition is that:
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(a) the sheep or lambs are exported at a time that is:
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(i) before the end of the transitional period; but
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(ii) not in June, July, August or September; or
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(b) the duration of the voyage is less than 10 days.
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Definitions
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(4) In this section:
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live-stock has the same meaning as in the Australian Meat and
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Live-stock Industry Act 1997.
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transitional period means the period of 5 years starting on the day
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Schedule 1 to the Live Sheep Long Haul Export Prohibition Act
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2019 commences.
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9 Application of amendments
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(1)
The amendments of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act
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1997 made by this Schedule apply in relation to a live-stock export
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licence that is in force on or after the commencement of this item,
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whether the licence was granted before, on or after that commencement.
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(2)
The amendment of the Export Control Act 1982 made by this Schedule
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applies in relation to an act or omission occurring on or after the
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commencement of this item.
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