Animal Products Act 1999

Export of animal material and products

51: Duties of exporters

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"What exporters of animal products must do to follow the rules"

If you export animal material or products, you have some duties. You must make sure you do not break any rules under this Act. You can only export animal material or products that meet the required standards and export requirements. You must tell the Director-General as soon as possible if the animal material or products you exported are not fit for their intended purpose, or if they were refused entry by another country. You also need to keep records of where the animal material or products came from and how they were processed, to show you are following the rules.

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50: Director-General may exempt certain consignments, animal material or animal products, or persons, or

"The boss of animal products can let some animal things or people not follow all the rules."

52: Director-General to maintain register of exporters, or

"Government keeps a list of approved animal product exporters"

Part 5Export of animal material and products

51Duties of exporters

It is the duty of every exporter of animal material or products to which this Part applies—
to ensure that their operations as an exporter do not contravene any relevant requirement of or under this Act; and
to export only animal material or products that meet—
1. any relevant animal product standards and any supplementary notices; and
2. any relevant export requirements; and
to notify the Director-General as soon as possible, and in any case not later than 24 hours after the event or first knowledge of the event, in any case where animal material or products exported or to be exported by the exporter—
1. are not fit, or are no longer fit, for intended purpose; or
2. are refused entry by the foreign government concerned; or
3. do not or no longer meet relevant export requirements; or
4. do not have, or no longer have, the required official assurances; and
to maintain procedures and processes to demonstrate that the record-keeping requirements of and under this Act in relation to the provenance and processing of the animal material or product exported by the exporter are being complied with.

Notes

Section 51(b)(i): amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 102(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
Section 51(b)(ii): replaced, on 2 March 2018, by section 102(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
Section 51(c)(iii): replaced, on 2 March 2018, by section 102(3) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).