Export Control (Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products) Rules 2021 (Cth)

Export Control (Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products) Rules 2021 made under section 432 of the

Export Control Act 2020

Compilation No. 3

Compilation date: 1 November 2024

Includes amendments: F2024L01350

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Export Control (Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products) Rules 2021 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 November 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents Chapter 1—Preliminary 1 Part 1—Preliminary 1 1‑1 Name............................................1 1‑3 Authority..........................................1 1‑4 Simplified outline of this instrument..........................1 Part 2—Interpretation 3 Division 1—Definitions 3 1‑5 Definitions.........................................3 1‑6 Meaning of loaded for export..............................8 Division 2—Other interpretation provisions 9 1‑7 Modifications of certain terms used in the Australian Poultry Meat Standard..9 1‑8 Circumstances in which alternative procedure, standard or other requirement is taken to meet requirements of Australian Poultry Meat Standard 9 Chapter 2—Exporting goods 11 Part 1—Goods 11 Division 1—Prescribed goods 11 2‑1 Poultry meat and poultry meat products that are prescribed goods........11 2‑2 Poultry meat and poultry meat products that are taken not to be prescribed goods12 Division 2—Prohibited export and prescribed export conditions 14 2‑3 Purpose and application of this Division.......................14 2‑4 Export of prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products is prohibited unless prescribed conditions are complied with 14 Part 2—Exemptions 16 2‑5 Application of this Part.................................16 2‑6 Period for making application for exemption....................16 2‑7 Conditions of exemption—matters to which Secretary must have regard....16 2‑8 Period of effect of exemption.............................16 2‑9 Variation of conditions of exemption—matters to which Secretary must have regard 17 2‑10 Revocation of exemption—matter to which Secretary must have regard...17 Part 3—Government certificates 18 2‑11 When government certificate may be issued in relation to poultry meat or poultry meat products 18 2‑12 Declaration to accompany application for government certificate.......18 2‑13 Circumstances for refusing to issue government certificate...........18 2‑14 Changes that require holder of certificate to give additional or corrected information to the issuing body 19 2‑15 Return of government certificate..........................19 Chapter 4—Registered establishments 21 Part 1—Requirements for registration 21 4‑1 Purpose of this Part...................................21 4‑2 Operations must be carried out in a way that will ensure requirements of the Act are complied with 21 4‑3 Requirements of Australian Poultry Meat Standard must be met.........21 4‑4 Equipment, facilities and essential services.....................21 4‑5 Areas where post‑mortem inspections are carried out.........22 4‑6 Meat examination facility...............................22 4‑7 Secure storage area...................................22 4‑8 Amenities for Commonwealth authorised officers.................22 Part 2—Conditions of registration 24 4‑9 Purpose of this Part...................................24 4‑10 Requirements for registration continue to be met.................24 4‑11 Certificate of registration must be displayed....................24 4‑12 Notice of certain matters must be given to persons who manage or control export operations at registered establishment 24 4‑13 List of persons who manage or control export operations at registered establishment 25 4‑14 Meat inspection services...............................25 Part 3—Renewal of registration 26 4‑15 Period within which application to renew registration must be made.....26 4‑16 Requirements for renewal of registration......................26 Part 4—Variation of registration 27 4‑17 Alterations for which approval is not required...................27 Part 5—Matters relating to applications 28 4‑18 Application of this Part................................28 4‑19 Initial consideration period..............................28 4‑20 Period within which request relating to application must be complied with..28 Part 6—Meat inspection services 29 Division 1—Allocation of meat inspection services 29 4‑21 Application for allocation of meat inspection services to establishment....29 4‑22 Preliminary allocation.................................29 4‑23 Notice of preliminary allocation...........................31 4‑24 Procedure following notice of preliminary allocation..............31 4‑25 Revised allocation...................................32 4‑26 Procedure following notice of revised allocation.................32 4‑27 Review of Secretary's determination........................33 4‑28 Determination of new allocation...........................33 Division 2—Variation of meat inspection services 35 4‑29 Application to vary allocation of meat inspection services...........35 4‑30 Application for additional allocation of meat inspection services........36 4‑31 Notification that meat inspection services not required during shutdown period38 4‑32 Variation by Secretary of allocation of meat inspection services........38 4‑33 Notification of termination of meat inspection services.............39 Chapter 5—Approved arrangements 41 Part 1—Requirements for approval 41 5‑1 Purpose of this Part...................................41 5‑2 Other requirements—proposed arrangement for operations to prepare prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products 41 Part 2—Conditions of approved arrangement 44 Division 1—Purpose of this Part 44 5‑3 Purpose of this Part...................................44 Division 2—General 45 5‑4 Importing country requirements must be met....................45 5‑5 Requirements of Australian Poultry Meat Standard must be met.........45 Division 3—Preparation and transport 46 5‑6 Humane treatment of poultry.............................46 5‑7 Poultry fat........................................46 5‑8 Dressing poultry.....................................46 5‑9 Areas where post‑mortem inspections are carried out.........46 5‑10 Disposition if carcase parts aggregated.......................46 5‑11 Compliance with decisions and dispositions....................46 5‑12 Loading prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products for transfer between registered establishments 47 5‑13 Loading of prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products—supervision.47 5‑14 Prohibitions on loading................................48 5‑15 Container system units and equipment for loading aircraft and vessels....48 5‑16 When a bolt seal must be applied to container system unit...........48 5‑17 Poultry meat transport vehicles, measuring devices and other equipment...49 Division 4—Trade descriptions 50 5‑18 Trade description must be applied to prescribed poultry meat and poultry meat products that are intended to be exported 50 5‑19 Prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products in cartons or cans......52 5‑20 Prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products for further processing...52 Division 5—Official marks 53 5‑21 References to particular official marks.......................53 5‑22 Cartons containing prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products.....53 5‑23 Other applications of official mark to prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products 54 5‑24 State or Territory classification marks must not be applied...........54 Division 6—Segregation, identification, security, traceability and integrity 55 5‑25 Segregation, identification, security and traceability—general.........55 5‑26 Establishments where poultry meat or poultry meat products that are not for export etc. are prepared 55 5‑27 Integrity—general...................................56 5‑28 Identification—type of poultry...........................56 5‑29 Export market eligibility...............................57 5‑30 Action if prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products are unwholesome or integrity etc. cannot be ensured 57 Division 7—Transfers 59 5‑31 Information and declarations relating to transferred prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products 59 5‑32 Information and declarations not received or inaccurate or incomplete....61 Division 8—Meat inspection services 62 5‑33 Commonwealth authorised officer must be present while certain export operations are carried out 62 Division 9—Management practices—export operations 63 5‑34 Management practices, organisational structure, resources and personnel...63 5‑35 Verification of compliance with the Act and other matters...........63 5‑36 Action must be taken to address non‑compliance...........64 5‑37 Internal audit and management review.......................65 Part 3—Renewal of approved arrangement 66 5‑38 Period within which application to renew approved arrangement must be made66 Part 4—Variation of approved arrangement 67 Division 1—Variations by holder 67 5‑39 Requirements that must be met for variation to be approved or conditions varied 67 5‑40 Significant variations.................................67 Division 2—Variations required by Secretary 69 5‑41 Other reasons for requiring holder to vary approved arrangement.......69 Part 5—Matters relating to applications 70 5‑42 Application of this Part................................70 5‑43 Initial consideration period..............................70 5‑44 Period within which request relating to application must be complied with..70 Chapter 7—Export permits 71 Part 1—Issue of export permit 71 7‑1 Period of effect of export permit...........................71 Part 2—Variation, suspension and revocation of export permit 72 7‑2 Period of effect of varied export permit.......................72 7‑3 Circumstances in which export permit may be suspended............72 7‑4 Other circumstances in which export permit may be revoked..........72 Part 3—Other matters 73 7‑5 Changes that require additional or corrected information to be given to the Secretary 73 7‑6 Return of export permit................................73 7‑7 Notification that prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products are not to be exported 73 7‑8 Application for export permit must include declaration..............74 Chapter 8—Other matters relating to export 75 Part 1—Notices of intention to export 75 8‑1 Information to be included in notice of intention to export............75 8‑2 Person who must give notice of intention to export................75 8‑3 Person to whom notice of intention to export must be given...........75 8‑4 When notice of intention to export must be given.................75 Part 2—Trade descriptions 76 8‑5 Purpose of this Part...................................76 8‑6 General requirements for trade descriptions.....................76 8‑7 Trade descriptions in language other than English.................76 Part 3—Official marks 78 Division 1—Marks that are official marks 78 8‑8 Purpose of this Division................................78 8‑9 Tolerances for dimensions of official marks....................78 8‑10 Official mark—Australia Inspected.........................78 8‑11 Official mark—foreign country identification...................79 8‑12 Official mark—tamper‑indicative metal strap seal...........79 8‑13 Official mark—bolt seal...............................80 8‑14 Official mark—Australia Approved........................80 8‑15 Official mark—carton seal..............................81 8‑16 Official mark—poultry meat or poultry meat products opened for assessment and resealed 82 8‑17 Official mark—Australian Government......................83 Division 2—General rules relating to official marks 85 8‑18 Purpose and application of this Division......................85 8‑19 Interpretation......................................85 8‑20 Persons who may manufacture or supply official marks for poultry meat or poultry meat products 85 8‑21 Persons who may possess official marks that have not been applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products 86 8‑22 Persons who may apply official marks to poultry meat or poultry meat products etc. 86 8‑23 Circumstances in which official mark must not be applied to poultry meat or poultry meat products 87 8‑24 Alteration of and interference with official marks................87 8‑25 Official marks must be legible and securely attached..............87 8‑26 Security of official marks...............................88 8‑27 Removal or defacement of official marks.....................88 8‑28 Records of official marks manufactured or supplied...............89 8‑29 Records of official marks received, applied, removed, defaced, destroyed or returned 89 Division 3—Marks resembling official marks 90 8‑30 Purpose of this Division...............................90 8‑31 Circumstances in which a mark resembles an official mark...........90 8‑32 Persons who may apply a resemblance.......................90 Division 4—Official marking devices 91 8‑33 Purpose of this Division...............................91 8‑34 Persons who may manufacture, supply or possess official marking devices.91 8‑35 Security of official marking devices........................91 8‑36 Damaged etc. official marking devices.......................91 8‑37 Records of official marking devices manufactured or supplied.........92 8‑38 Records of official marking devices received, used, damaged, destroyed or returned 92 Chapter 9—Powers and officials 93 Part 1—Audits 93 Division 1—General 93 9‑1 References to audit in this Part............................93 Division 2—Conduct of audit etc. 94 9‑2 Purpose of this Division................................94 9‑3 Manner in which audit must be conducted.....................94 9‑4 Notice of non‑compliance with requirements..............94 9‑5 Audit reports.......................................95 Division 3—Approved auditors 97 9‑6 Purpose of this Division................................97 9‑7 Application for approval................................97 9‑8 Secretary must decide whether to approve applicant to conduct audits.....97 9‑9 Dealing with applications...............................98 9‑10 Conditions of approval................................98 9‑11 Notice of decision...................................99 9‑12 Period of effect of approval.............................99 9‑13 Imposing or varying conditions of approval....................99 9‑14 Revocation of approval...............................100 9‑15 Register of approved auditors...........................101 9‑16 Fit and proper person test..............................101 Part 2—Assessments 102 9‑17 Circumstances in which assessment may be required or permitted......102 Part 3—Powers of the Secretary 103 9‑18 Decisions that may be made by operation of computer program.......103 Part 4—Authorised officers 104 Division 1—Third party authorised officers 104 9‑19 Requirement to be third party authorised officer—fit and proper person etc.104 Division 2—Functions and powers 105 9‑20 Purpose of this Division...............................105 9‑21 Applying admission decisions...........................105 9‑22 Inspections of poultry for slaughter and applying ante‑mortem dispositions 105 9‑23 Inspections of carcases and carcase parts and applying post‑mortem dispositions 106 9‑24 Inspections of poultry meat and poultry meat products and applying dispositions 106 9‑25 Applying decisions or dispositions subject to conditions and variation...107 9‑26 Stopping chain of operations temporarily or controlling rate of operations.107 9‑27 Inspecting establishments and securing areas, facilities, equipment or other things 108 9‑28 Securing and identifying establishment or conveyance etc...........108 9‑29 Interference with identified establishment or conveyance etc..........109 9‑30 Powers where integrity of prescribed poultry meat or poultry meat products may not be able to be ensured 109 9‑31 Giving certificate of condemnation........................111 Division 3—Directions to deal with non‑compliance with the Act etc. 112 9‑32 Other grounds for giving direction.........................112 Division 4—Miscellaneous 113 9‑33 Circumstances in which identity card need not be carried...........113 Chapter 10—Compliance and enforcement 114 10‑1 Samples taken in exercising monitoring or investigation powers.......114 10‑2 Dealing with things seized in exercising investigation powers........114 Chapter 11—Miscellaneous 115 Part 1—Review of decisions 115 11‑1 Reviewable decisions................................115 Part 2—Records 117 11‑2 Purpose of this Part.................................117 11‑3 General requirements for records.........................117 11‑4 Government certificates...............................117 11‑5 Export permits....................................117 11‑6 Records to be retained by exporter.........................118 11‑7 Records to be retained by occupier of registered establishment........118 11‑8 Records to be retained by holder of approved arrangement..........118 11‑9 Records relating to official marks.........................119 11‑10 Records relating to official marking devices..................119 11‑11 Records must not be altered or defaced during retention period.......119 Part 3—Samples 120 11‑12 Storage of samples.................................120 Part 4—Damaged or destroyed poultry meat or poultry meat products 121 11‑13 Division of compensation between owners...................121 11‑14 Amount of compensation.............................121 Part 5—Relevant Commonwealth liabilities 122 11‑15 Circumstances in which relevant Commonwealth liability of a person is taken to have been paid 122 Chapter 12—Transitional provisions 124 Part 1—Preliminary 124 12‑1 Definitions......................................124 Part 2—Registered establishments: meat inspection services 125 12‑2 Allocations of inspection services in effect immediately before commencement time 125 12‑3 Application for inspection services not decided, or notice of decision not given, before commencement time 125 12‑4 Notice of preliminary determination of allocation given before commencement time 126 12‑5 Preliminary determination of allocation agreed before commencement time126 12‑6 Revised determination made, but notice not given, before commencement time126 12‑7 Notice of revised determination of inspection services given before commencement time 127 12‑8 Revised determination of allocation agreed before commencement time..127 12‑9 Application for review committee made, but committee not established, before commencement time 127 12‑10 Committee review in progress before commencement time.........128 12‑11 Determination reconsidered, but notice not given, before commencement time129 12‑12 Application to alter inspection services not decided before commencement time 129 12‑13 Application for additional inspection services not decided before commencement time 129 12‑14 Notice of termination of additional inspection services given before commencement time 130 12‑15 Notice of shutdown given before commencement time............130 12‑16 Variation of allocation for change of circumstance not advised before commencement time 131 12‑17 Disputed allocation not decided before commencement time........131 12‑18 Notice of reconsideration of disputed allocation not given before commencement time 131 Part 3—Approved arrangements 132 12‑19 Information and declarations given before commencement time......132 Part 4—Other matters relating to export 133 Division 1—Trade descriptions 133 12‑20 Request for translation not complied with before commencement time..133 Division 2—Official marks 134 12‑21 Person approved before commencement time to manufacture an official mark134 12‑22 Person approved before commencement time to apply an official mark..134 Division 3—Official marking devices 135 12‑23 Person approved before commencement time to manufacture an official marking device 135 12‑24 Person approved before commencement time to possess an official marking device 135 Part 5—Powers and officials 136 Division 1—Approved auditors 136 12‑25 Application for approval as auditor not decided, or notice of decision not given, before commencement time 136 12‑26 Request for further information not complied with before commencement time137 12‑27 Decision to revoke approval as auditor decided, but notice not given, before commencement time 137 Division 2—Decisions and dispositions 138 12‑28 Decision or disposition applied, but not complied with, before commencement time 138 12‑29 Certificate of condemnation requested, but not given, before commencement time 138 Part 6—Amendments made by the Export Control Legislation Amendment (2024 Measures No. 2) Rules 2024 139 12‑30 Amendments made by the Export Control Legislation Amendment (2024 Measures No. 2) Rules 2024 139 Endnotes 140 Endnote 1—About the endnotes 140 Endnote 2—Abbreviation key 141 Endnote 3—Legislation history 142 Endnote 4—Amendment history 143