Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
This Order is the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (High Quality Beef Export to the European Union) Order 2009.
2 Commencement
This Order commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Definitions
In this Order:
2008-2009 means the period of 12 months beginning on 1 July 2008.
2009-2010 means the period of 12 months beginning on 1 July 2009.
access amount, for 2009-2010, means the total shipped weight of quota meat that may be exported to a member country of the EU in the year, subject to the EU reduced tariff.
Act means the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997.
approval means an approval under Part 4 to export a consignment of quota meat.
approved form means a form approved by the Secretary under section 21 for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used.
AQIS means the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.
AUS-MEAT means AUS-MEAT Limited (ACN 082 528 881).
authorised officer means an officer of the Department authorised by the Secretary under subsection 21 (2).
certificate means a certificate under Part 5 that will be accepted by the EC as evidence of the authenticity of a consignment of quota meat.
consignment means a single shipment (by sea or air) of quota meat by an exporter to a single consignee.
consignment information, for a consignment, means the information given to the QA Unit by the exporter of the consignment.
Department means the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Note See section 19A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
EC means the European Commission.
eligible exporter means an exporter that is allocated EU quota entitlement under Part 3, or receives EU quota entitlement by transfer under section 11.
establishment means premises that:
(a) are under the full-time inspection and supervision of AQIS; and
(b) are registered under the Export Control Act 1982; and
(c) have been accredited by AUS-MEAT and AQIS for the export of meat to the EU.
EU means the European Union.
EU quota entitlement, for an eligible exporter, means the total, after taking into account any transfers under section 11, of the exporter's:
(a) standard EU quota entitlement; and
(b) non-standard EU quota entitlement.
EU reduced tariff, in relation ot quota meat, means the rate of tariff set out in Article 1 (3) of the European Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97.
EXDOC means the electronic documentation system maintained by AQIS.
exporter means the holder of a meat export licence allowing the holder to export high quality beef to the EU.
high quality beef means meat that the description of 'high quality beef' in Article 2 (b) of European Commission Regulation (EC) No. 936/97 as amended by European Commission Regulation (EC) No. 810/2008.
non-standard EU quota entitlement means EU quota entitlement allocated under section 9.
QA Unit means the section of the Department known as the Quota Administration and Statistics Unit.
Note The address of the QA Unit is given in section 20.
quota meat means high quality beef, other than:
(a) product for ships' stores; or
(b) a product for which a certificate is not required by the EC.
recorded shipments, for an exporter, means shipments made by the exporter as recorded by the EXDOC system.
shipping weight, for quota meat, means the weight of the meat when it is loaded for shipment (whether it is bone-in or boneless).
standard EU quota entitlement means EU quota entitlement that is allocated to an exporter under section 7.
4 Interpretation - time
A reference in this Order to a particular time is a reference to the legal time in the Australian Capital Territory.
04 Apr 2011