Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Within 1 month after the end of each reporting period (within the meaning of subsection (4)), the Secretary must give the Minister a report containing the information referred to in subsection (2) that has been provided to the Secretary during the reporting period in relation to the carriage of livestock on a vessel to a port outside Australian territory (whether or not the carriage occurred during the reporting period).
(2) The information must be based on reporting by the master of the vessel under Marine Orders made under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012 and must include the following:
(a) the name of the exporter;
(b) the month and year in which the completion of the loading of the livestock occurred;
(c) the port or ports at which the loading took place;
(d) the port or ports at which the livestock were discharged;
(e) the month and year in which the completion of the discharge of the livestock occurred at each port;
(f) the duration of the voyage;
(g) the type or types of livestock;
(h) the number of each type of livestock loaded;
(i) the total mortality for each type of livestock;
(j) the percentage mortality for each type of livestock;
(k) any action taken by the Secretary in relation to the exporter as a result of the reporting by the master of the vessel.
(3) The Minister must arrange for a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of the House after the report is given to the Minister.
(4) For the purposes of this section, each of the following periods is a reporting period:
(a) the period of 6 months starting on the first 1 July or 1 January that occurs after the commencement of this section;
(b) each subsequent period of 6 months.