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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Live Animal Export (Slaughter)
Prohibition Bill 2019
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(Senator Faruqi)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Export Control Act
1982 to prohibit the export of live animals for
slaughter, and for related purposes
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Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2019
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Export Control Act 1982
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Export Control Act 1982
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No. , 2019
Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2019
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Export Control Act
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1982 to prohibit the export of live animals for
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slaughter, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Act
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2019.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2019
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendment of the Export Control Act 1982 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Export
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Control Act 1982
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Export Control Act 1982
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1 After section 7
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Insert:
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7AA Prohibition of the export of live-stock for slaughter
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(1) In this section:
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live-stock has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Australian
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Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997.
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live-stock for slaughter means live-stock that is intended to be
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exported and slaughtered overseas.
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start time means the start of the day 2 years after the day this
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section commences.
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(2) At and after the start time, the regulations are taken to have
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declared that live-stock for slaughter are prescribed goods.
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(3) At and after the start time, the regulations are taken to have
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prohibited absolutely the export of live-stock for slaughter.
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