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Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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C2014C00021
13 December 2013
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23 June 2014
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Crown to be bound
5 Application of this Act
6 Application of the Criminal Code
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Part 2—Control of meat and live stock exports
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Division 1—Preliminary
7 Definitions
8 Meat or live stock export business
9 Secretary must have regard to industry policies
Division 2—Export licences
10 Grant of export licence
11 Application for licence
12 Requirements for grant of licence
13 Notice of refusal to grant licence
14 Review of refusal to grant licence
15 Licence subject to prescribed conditions
16 Licence subject to condition that holder inform the Secretary of certain events
17 Licence also subject to compliance with orders and directions under this section
18 Secretary may make certain orders
20 Directions by the Secretary
21 Duration of licence
22 Renewal of licence
23 Notice to licence holder to show cause
24 Powers of the Secretary in relation to licence
25 Cancellation of licence at request of holder
25A Secretary’s powers in relation to licensing of associates
Division 3—Export quotas
26 Definitions
27 Orders establishing a system or systems of quotas
28 Cancellation and variation of quotas
29 Reimbursement for reduction of rights under quota
30 Review of decisions
31 Licensees to comply with quota system
32 Policies on quotas to be made available on request
33 Concurrent operation of the Australian Meat and Live stock (Quotas) Act and this Division and Division 2
Division 4—Enforcement
34 Searches to monitor compliance with Part
35 Offence related searches and seizures
36 Release of seized goods
37 Offence related warrants
38 Announcement before entry
39 Details of warrant to be given to occupier
40 Use of equipment to examine or process things
41 Use of electronic equipment at premises
42 Compensation for damage to electronic equipment
43 Copies of seized things to be given
44 Return of things that are seized
45 Court of summary jurisdiction may permit a thing to be kept
46 Warrants may be granted by telephone in urgent circumstances
47 Power of authorised officer to require information or documents
48 Help to authorised officers
49 Authorised officers
50 Protection of authorised officers and other people
51 Secretary may require information or documents
52 Nominees
53 Evidence of analyst
54 Export of meat or live stock without export licence etc.
55 False information etc.
56 Person falsely holding out to be the holder of licence etc.
57 Forfeiture of goods
Division 5—Report to Parliament
57AA Report to Parliament
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Part 2A—Australian Code for the Export of Live stock
57A Australian Code for the Export of Live stock
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Part 3—Industry marketing and research bodies, and approved donors
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Division 1—Preliminary
58 Definitions
59 Minister must have regard to industry policies
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Division 2—Declaration of industry bodies and approved donors
60 Declaration of industry bodies
61 Declaration of approved donors
62 Bodies to inform Minister about changes to their constitution
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Division 3—Payments to industry bodies
63 Payments to the industry marketing body
64 Payments to the industry research body
64A Payments to the live stock export marketing body
64B Payments to the live stock export research body
64C Payments to the meat processor marketing body
64D Payments to the meat processor research body
65 References to amounts of levy and amounts of charge
66 Commonwealth’s matching payments
67 Application of money
68 Reimbursement of Commonwealth
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Division 4—Reporting to Parliament in relation to live stock export bodies
68A Division applies if Minister and live stock export body enter into funding agreement
68B Reporting to Parliament about funding agreement and variations
68C Reporting to Parliament about compliance with funding agreement
68D Minister to table live stock export body’s annual report in Parliament
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Division 5—Use of information
68E Use of levy information provided to industry bodies
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Part 4—Miscellaneous
69 Ministerial directions
70 Delegations
71 Compensation for acquisition of property
72 Minister not to be taken to be a director of a company
73 Operation of certain laws not restricted
74 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Endnote 5—Uncommenced amendments [none]
Endnote 6—Modifications [none]
Endnote 7—Misdescribed amendments [none]
Endnote 8—Miscellaneous [none]