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Improving Australia’s Agricultural Export Legislation
Presentation to Department Cargo Consultative Committee
27 July 2016John SouthwellDirector, Agricultural Export Regulation Review
Scope
• The Australian Government is consolidating and improving our agricultural export legislation before the majority of it ceases to be law in April 2020.
• Some elements of the framework (e.g. cost recovery arrangements and livestock export certification) are subject to separate reforms, and will be incorporated into the new legislation.
• There will be no change to Australia’s commitment to meet the importing requirements of our trading partners.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Improvements to Agricultural Export Legislation 2July 2016
What’s ChangingWe will establish a contemporary, efficient and flexible framework with:
• simpler legislation, consolidating existing requirements into a single set of regulations where possible - e.g. one set of export permit provisions that can be applied to a range of situations)
• broader monitoring, investigation and enforcement powers to deter rogue exporters from bringing the system down for everyone
• clearer provisions for performing verification activities across the supply chain (i.e. ensuring adequate legal power)
• clearer requirements on the appointment and obligations of authorised officers.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Improvements to Agricultural Export Legislation 3June 2016
Export Control (Animals) Order 2004
Export Control (Eggs and Egg Products) Orders 2005
Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Orders 2005
Export Control (Organic Produce Certification) Orders
Export Control (Plant and Plant Products) Order 2011
Export Control (Rabbit and Ratite Meat) Orders 1985
Export Control( Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Orders 2010
Export Control (Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products) Orders 2010
Export Control (Prescribed Goods -General) Order 2005
Export Control (Fees) Orders 2015
Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Orders 2005
Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982
Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Regulations 1996
Export Control (Unprocessed Wood) Regulations
Export Control (Regional Forest Agreements) Regulations
AMLI (Export of Live-stock to Saudi Arabia) Order 2005
Export Control (High Quality Beef Export to the European Union) Order 2016
AMLI (Live Cattle Exports to Republic of Korea) Order 2002
AMLI (Sheepmeat and GoatmeatExport to the European Union) Order 2014
AMLI (Conditions on Live-stock export licences) Order 2012
AMLI (Standards) Order 2005
AMLI Regulations 1998
AMLI (Export Licensing) Regulations 1998
AMLI (Quotas) Regulations 2000
Export Control (Meat and Meat Products) Orders 2005
Export Charges (Imposition—General) Regulations 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulations 2015 Export Charges (Collection)
Regulations 2015
Export Charges (Collection) Act 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—Customse) Act 2015
Export Control Act 1982
Dairy Produce Act 1986
Australian Grape & Wine Authority Act 2013
Horticultural Marketing & Research and Development Services Act 2000
Live animal exports (country-specific)
Quotas
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry (AMLI) Act 1997
Export Commodity Orders
Current Cost Recovery Framework
Export Forestry Regulations
AMLI (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997
Live animal exports
AMLI (Quotas) Act 1990
HMRDS (Export Efficiency) Regulations 2002
Dairy Produce Regulations 1986
Australian Grape and Wine Authority Regulations 1981
= Act
= Regulation
= Orders / Other Delegated Leg
Key
Export Inspection (Quantity Charge) Act 1985
Export Inspection (Service Charge) Act 1985
Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985
Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985
Old Cost Recovery Framework (scheduled for repeal)
AML Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1985
HMRDS (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000
Current Agricultural Export Legislation Framework
AMLI Act 1997 - Declaration of Industry Marketing Body (30/06/1998)
AMLI Act 1997 - Declaration of Research Body (30/06/1998)
AMLI Act 1997 - Declaration of Approved Donor (30/06/1998)
AMLI Act 1997 - Declaration of Approved Donor (07/07/1998)
AMLI Act 1997 - Declaration of Approved Donor (21/08/1998)
AMLI (Meat Processor Marketing and Research Bodies) Declaration 2007
Declarations of Donors, Research & Marketing Bodies
AMLI (Live-stock Export Marketing Body and Live-stock Export Research Body) Declaration 2004
Legislation repealed under Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Act 2016: • Meat Export Charge Act 1984 • Meat Export Charge Regulations • Meat Export Charge Collection Act 1984 • Meat Export Charge Collection Regulations • Meat Inspection Act 1983 • Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964
Export Control (Beef Export to the USA Tariff Rate Quota) Order 2016
Export Control (Japan-Australia Partnership Agreement Tariff Rate Quotas) Order 2016
Export Control Act
Manual of Importing Country Requirements
Secretary’s Rule(replacing Regulations,
Orders)
Export Charges (Imposition—Customs)
Act 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—General)
Act 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act
2015
Export Charges (Imposition—Customs)
Regulation 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—General)
Regulation 2015
Export Charges (Imposition—Excise)
Regulation 2015
• Contains the objectives of the framework• Sets out principles for operations, supported by delegated legislation
and administrative processes
• Contains operational provisions, such as issuing export permits, undertaking audits and registering export establishments.
• Sets out commodity-specific matters, incorporating various standards that meet importing country requirements.
Future Agricultural Export Legislation Framework
Australia New Zealand Food
Standards Code
Australian Standards
Industry-Developed Standards
Other Standards
International Standards
• Website detailing requirements that exporters must meet to import into specific countries.
• Regularly updated to reflect changes in importing country requirements.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Improvements to Agricultural Export Legislation 5June 2016
Cost Recovery
Timeline and Next Steps• 2016-17 – develop improved legislation and Regulation Impact
Statement (RIS)
• 2017 – release of exposure drafts of legislation (Bill and Rules) and RIS for stakeholder comment
• 2017-18 – introduction into Parliament
• 2018-19 – assuming passage, conduct implementation activities
• 1 April 2020 – last date for implementation
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Improvements to Agricultural Export Legislation 6June 2016
Ongoing consultation with stakeholders will be a priority throughout the development and implementation process
Further Information:
www.agriculture.gov.au/export-regulation-review
Free Call: 1800 900 090