This instrument is the Export Control (Transition Assistance—Phase Out of Live Sheep Exports by Sea Programs) Instrument 2025.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 424E of the Export Control Act 2020.

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Export Control Act 2020.

5 Prescribed programs

For the purposes of section 424E of the Act, each program mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table:

(a) is prescribed; and

(b) has the description mentioned in column 2 of the item and the purpose mentioned in column 3 of the item.

Prescribed programs
Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Program	Description of the program	Purpose of the program
1	Support for Research and Development Extension Program	To provide funding to organisations involved in research and development extension to demonstrate and encourage the adoption of best practice farming systems, to inform options for sheep producers and other sheep supply chain participants who are, are likely to be, or will be negatively affected by the phasing out of the export of live sheep by sea.	To support sheep producers and other sheep supply chain participants to prepare for, adapt and respond to the phasing out of the export of live sheep by sea by developing and disseminating options for other market opportunities for sheep products.
2	Shearing Industry Transition Program	To provide funding to an industry organisation to help shearing contractor businesses to offer a broader range of seasonally complementary agricultural and other regional work to their employees and to individual shearers who are, are likely to be, or will be negatively affected by the phasing out of the export of live sheep by sea.	To support shearers and the employees of shearing contractor businesses to prepare for, adapt and respond to the phasing out of the export of live sheep by sea by diversifying employment opportunities.

6 Specified legislative power

For the purposes of subsection 424E(3) of the Act, the powers of the Parliament to make laws with respect to trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States (within the meaning of paragraph 51(i) of the Constitution), is specified.

7 Repeal of this instrument

The whole of this instrument is repealed at the end of 30 June 2029.