Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Rules 2021 (Cth)

Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Rules 2021 I, Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe AO, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, make the following rules.

Dated 19 March 2021

Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe AO Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Contents Chapter 1—Preliminary Part 1—Preliminary 1‑1.............................................Name 1‑2.......................................Commencement 1‑3...........................................Authority 1‑4...............Extension of Act to Heard Island and McDonald Islands 1‑5...........................Simplified outline of this instrument Part 2—Interpretation 1‑6..........................................Definitions 1‑7..........................................Meaning of loaded for export Chapter 2—Exporting goods Part 1—Goods Division 1—Prescribed goods 2‑1....................Fish and fish products that are prescribed goods 2‑2...........Fish and fish products that are taken not to be prescribed goods Division 2—Prohibited export and prescribed export conditions 2‑3.........................Purpose and application of this Division 2‑4Export of prescribed fish or fish products is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with Part 2—Exemptions 2‑5...................................Application of this Part 2‑6......................Prescribed circumstance—testing the market 2‑7........................Prescribed meaning—commercial sample 2‑8......................Period for making application for exemption 2‑9......Conditions of exemption—matters to which Secretary must have regard 2‑10.................................Instrument of exemption 2‑11...............................Period of effect of exemption 2‑12Variation of conditions of exemption—matters to which Secretary must have regard Part 3—Government certificates 2‑13..When government certificate may be issued in relation to fish or fish products 2‑14Matters stated in government certificate—manufacturing grade fish or fish products 2‑15Requirements before issue of government certificate—condition of fish or fish products 2‑16.............Circumstances for refusing to issue government certificate 2‑17Changes that require holder of certificate to give additional or corrected information to issuing body 2‑18.............................Return of government certificate Chapter 4—Registered establishments Part 1—Requirements for registration Division 1—Requirements relating to construction, equipment and facilities 4‑1..................................Purpose of this Division 4‑2.................Equipment, facilities and essential services—general 4‑3......................................Measuring devices 4‑4..........................Establishment (including construction) 4‑5..............................Fixtures, fittings and equipment 4‑6..............Storage facilities for items other than fish or fish products 4‑7.............................Cleaning and sanitising facilities 4‑8...........................................Amenities 4‑9......................................Essential services 4‑10.....................................Fishing vessels etc. Division 2—Other requirements 4‑11..................................Purpose of this Division 4‑12Operations must be carried out in a way that will ensure requirements of the Act are met Part 2—Conditions of registration 4‑13....................................Purpose of this Part 4‑14...................Requirements for registration continue to be met 4‑15........................Other operational hygiene requirements Part 3—Renewal of registration 4‑16........Period within which application to renew registration must be made 4‑17........................Requirements for renewal of registration Part 4—Suspension of registration 4‑18...........................Request by occupier for suspension 4‑19..............................Other grounds for suspension Part 5—Matters relating to applications 4‑20..................................Application of this Part 4‑21................................Initial consideration period 4‑22....Period within which request relating to application must be complied with Chapter 5—Approved arrangements Part 1—Requirements for approval 5‑1.....................................Purpose of this Part 5‑2.Proposed arrangement for operations to prepare prescribed fish or fish products 5‑3..........................................Equipment 5‑4.....................................Operational hygiene 5‑5.........................Identification, traceability and integrity Part 2—Conditions of approved arrangement Division 1—Purpose of this Part 5‑6.....................................Purpose of this Part Division 2—General 5‑7......................Importing country requirements must be met Division 3—Operational hygiene 5‑8..................................Purpose of this Division Subdivision A—Prescribed fish and fish products—general 5‑9...................Hygiene control—establishment and its equipment 5‑10.....................................Measuring devices 5‑11...............................Hygiene control—processing 5‑12...............................Personal hygiene and health Subdivision B—Crocodiles and crocodile meat 5‑13...............................Hygiene control—equipment 5‑14......................................Personal hygiene Division 4—Preparation and transport Subdivision A—Prescribed fish and fish products—general 5‑15..............Fish or fish products not to be prepared for export as food 5‑16.............................Sourcing fish and fish products 5‑17.....................................Notifiable diseases 5‑18........Temperature controls for preparing prescribed fish or fish products 5‑19Temperature controls for storing, handling, loading and transporting prescribed fish or fish products 5‑20......................Preserving prescribed fish and fish products 5‑21...........Thermal processing of canned prescribed fish or fish products 5‑22...............................Packaging and identification 5‑23..............................Storage, handling and loading 5‑24Container system units and food carrying compartments of vehicles—construction etc. 5‑25...............Vehicles, container system units etc.—hygiene control 5‑26..........................................Transport 5‑27...Identification as not for export as food—fitness for human consumption etc. 5‑28................................Product standards—general Subdivision B—Shellfish 5‑29....................................Harvesting shellfish 5‑30.....................................Handling shellfish 5‑31..................................Depuration of shellfish Subdivision C—Crocodiles and crocodile meat 5‑32........................Handling crocodiles and crocodile meat 5‑33..............................................Post‑mortem controls for crocodile carcases 5‑34..........Temperature controls for preparation of crocodile meat products Division 5—Trade descriptions 5‑35......Trade description must be applied to prescribed fish and fish products 5‑36.............Incomplete trade description—canned fish or fish products 5‑37..........................Labelling and naming of ingredients 5‑38......................Trade descriptions applied to packaging etc. Division 6—Official marks 5‑39....................Alteration of or interference with official mark Division 7—Segregation, identification, security, traceability and integrity 5‑40.................Segregation, identification and traceability—general 5‑41Establishments where fish or fish products that are not for export etc. are prepared 5‑42.....................................Integrity—general 5‑43...................................Species identification Division 8—Transfers 5‑44Information and declarations relating to transferred prescribed fish or fish products 5‑45......Information and declarations not received or inaccurate or incomplete Division 9—Management practices—export operations 5‑46.....Management practices, organisational structure, resources and personnel 5‑47..............Verification of compliance with the Act and other matters 5‑48..........................Action must be taken to address non‑compliance 5‑49.........................Internal audit and management review 5‑50Authorised officer must be notified if prescribed fish or fish products are not fit for human consumption or integrity cannot be ensured etc. Part 3—Renewal of approved arrangement 5‑51.Period within which application to renew approved arrangement must be made Part 4—Variation of approved arrangement Division 1—Variations by holder 5‑52 Requirements that must be met for variation to be approved or conditions varied 5‑53...................................Significant variations Division 2—Variations required by Secretary 5‑54.........Other reasons for requiring holder to vary approved arrangement Part 5—Matters relating to applications 5‑55..................................Application of this Part 5‑56................................Initial consideration period 5‑57....Period within which request relating to application must be complied with Chapter 7—Export permits Part 1—Issue of export permit 7‑1................................Conditions of export permit 7‑2..............................Period of effect of export permit Part 2—Variation, suspension and revocation of export permit 7‑3.........................Period of effect of varied export permit 7‑4...............Circumstances in which export permit may be suspended 7‑5.............Other circumstances in which export permit may be revoked Part 3—Other matters 7‑6Changes that require additional or corrected information to be given to the Secretary 7‑7...................................Return of export permit 7‑8.......Notification that prescribed fish or fish products are not to be exported Part 4—Applications for export permits 7‑9...................................Application of this Part 7‑10..........................Documents to accompany application Chapter 8—Other matters relating to export Part 1—Trade descriptions 8‑1.....................................Purpose of this Part 8‑2.......................General requirements for trade descriptions 8‑3...................Trade descriptions in language other than English Part 2—Official marks Division 1—Marks that are official marks 8‑4..................................Purpose of this Division 8‑5.......................Tolerances for dimensions of official marks 8‑6......................Official mark—foreign country identification 8‑7...................................Official mark—tamper‑indicative metal strap seal 8‑8..................................Official mark—bolt seal 8‑9.............................Official mark—European Union 8‑10................................Official mark—carton seal 8‑11.............Official mark—goods opened for assessment and resealed 8‑12........................Official mark—Australian Government Division 2—General rules relating to official marks 8‑13........................Purpose and application of this Division 8‑14........................................Interpretation 8‑15.Persons who may manufacture or supply official marks for fish or fish products 8‑16Persons who may possess official marks that have not been applied to fish or fish products 8‑17.........Persons who may apply official marks to fish or fish products etc. 8‑18 Circumstances in which official mark must not be applied to fish or fish products 8‑19...................Alteration of and interference with official marks 8‑20.................Official marks must be legible and securely attached 8‑21.................................Security of official marks 8‑22........................Removal or defacement of official marks 8‑23.........................................Records of official marks manufactured or supplied 8‑24.........................................Records of official marks received, applied, removed, defaced, destroyed or returned Division 3—Marks resembling official marks 8‑25..................................Purpose of this Division 8‑26.............Circumstances in which a mark resembles an official mark 8‑27.........................Persons who may apply a resemblance Division 4—Official marking devices 8‑28..................................Purpose of this Division 8‑29....Persons who may manufacture, supply or possess official marking devices 8‑30...........................Security of official marking devices 8‑31.........................Damaged etc. official marking devices 8‑32...........Records of official marking devices manufactured or supplied 8‑33Records of official marking devices received, used, damaged, destroyed or returned Chapter 9—Powers and officials Part 1—Audits Division 1—General 9‑1..............................References to audit in this Part 9‑2................................Audits of export operations Division 2—Conduct of audit etc. 9‑3..................................Purpose of this Division 9‑4........................Manner in which audit must be conducted 9‑5.........................................Notice of non‑compliance with requirements 9‑6.........................................Audit reports Division 3—Approved auditors 9‑7..................................Purpose of this Division 9‑8..................................Application for approval 9‑9.......Secretary must decide whether to approve applicant to conduct audits 9‑10.................................Dealing with applications 9‑11..................................Conditions of approval 9‑12.....................................Notice of decision 9‑13................................Period of effect of approval 9‑14......................Imposing or varying conditions of approval 9‑15..................................Revocation of approval 9‑16..............................Register of approved auditors 9‑17.................................Fit and proper person test Part 2—Assessments Division 1—General 9‑18..........................References to assessment in this Part Division 2—Carrying out assessments etc. 9‑19.........Circumstances in which assessment may be required or permitted 9‑20..................Process to be followed after assessment completed Division 3—Approved assessors 9‑21..................................Purpose of this Division 9‑22.................................Application for approval 9‑23..Secretary must decide whether to approve applicant to carry out assessments 9‑24.................................Dealing with applications 9‑25..................................Conditions of approval 9‑26.....................................Notice of decision 9‑27................................Period of effect of approval 9‑28......................Imposing or varying conditions of approval 9‑29..................................Revocation of approval 9‑30..............................Register of approved assessors 9‑31.................................Fit and proper person test Part 3—Powers of the Secretary 9‑32..........Decisions that may be made by operation of computer program Part 4—Authorised officers Division 1—Third party authorised officers 9‑33...Requirement to be third party authorised officer—fit and proper person etc. Division 2—Functions and powers 9‑34..................................Purpose of this Division 9‑35Inspecting establishments and securing areas, equipment, facilities or other things 9‑36.............Securing and identifying establishment or conveyance etc. 9‑37............Interference with identified establishment or conveyance etc. Division 3—Directions to deal with non‑compliance with the Act etc. 9‑38............................Other grounds for giving direction Division 4—Miscellaneous 9‑39..............Circumstances in which identity card need not be carried Chapter 10—Compliance and enforcement 10‑1..........Samples taken in exercising monitoring or investigation powers 10‑2...........Dealing with things seized in exercising investigation powers Chapter 11—Miscellaneous Part 1—Review of decisions 11‑1...................................Reviewable decisions Part 2—Records 11‑2....................................Purpose of this Part 11‑3............................General requirements for records 11‑4..................................Government certificates 11‑5.......................................Export permits 11‑6............................Records to be retained by exporter 11‑7...........Records to be retained by occupier of registered establishment 11‑8.............Records to be retained by holder of approved arrangement 11‑9......................Records relating to official marking devices 11‑10..........Records must not be altered or defaced during retention period Part 3—Samples 11‑11..........Microbiological limits—taking, testing and analysing samples 11‑12....................................Storage of samples Part 4—Damaged or destroyed fish or fish products 11‑13......................Division of compensation between owners 11‑14................................Amount of compensation Part 5—Relevant Commonwealth liabilities 11‑15Circumstances in which relevant Commonwealth liability of a person is taken to have been paid Chapter 12—Transitional provisions Part 1—Preliminary 12‑1.........................................Definitions Part 2—Approved arrangements 12‑2..........Information and declarations given before commencement time Part 3—Other matters relating to export Division 1—Trade descriptions 12‑3......Request for translation not complied with before commencement time Division 2—Official marks 12‑4..Person approved before commencement time to manufacture an official mark 12‑5.....Person approved before commencement time to possess an official mark 12‑6......Person approved before commencement time to apply an official mark Division 3—Official marking devices 12‑7Person approved before commencement time to manufacture an official marking device 12‑8Person approved before commencement time to possess an official marking device Part 4—Powers and officials Division 1—Approved auditors 12‑9Application for approval as auditor not decided, or notice of decision not given, before commencement time 12‑10 Request for further information not complied with before commencement time 12‑11Decision to revoke approval as auditor decided, but notice not given, before commencement time Division 2—Assessments 12‑12..........Verification by authorised officer before commencement time