Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) The wheat export accreditation scheme must provide that, if WEA cancels the accreditation of a company, the company must, within:
(a) 30 days after the day on which the company was notified of the cancellation; or
(b) if WEA allows a longer period--that longer period;
give WEA:
(c) a post‑cancellation export report (see subsection (2)); and
(d) a post‑cancellation compliance report (see subsection (4)).
Post‑cancellation export report
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a post‑cancellation export report is a written report setting out:
(a) the quantity of wheat exported by the company during the pre‑cancellation period, broken down by specification and country of destination; and
(b) the terms and conditions on which the company, or a related body corporate, acquired wheat from growers during the pre‑cancellation period for export by the company.
(3) Paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) do not apply:
(a) to the export of wheat in:
(i) a bag; or
(ii) a container;
that is capable of holding not more than 50 tonnes of wheat; or
(b) to an individual producer exporting wheat produced by that individual producer.
Post‑cancellation compliance report
(4) For the purposes of this Act, a post‑cancellation compliance report is a written report relating to the company's compliance, during the pre‑cancellation period, with:
(a) the conditions of the company's accreditation under the wheat export accreditation scheme; and
(b) Australian laws, and foreign laws, that are applicable to the applicant's export trade in wheat; and
(c) the United Nations sanctions provisions.
Pre‑cancellation period
(5) For the purposes of this Act, the pre‑cancellation period is the period:
(a) beginning at the start of the marketing year in which the company was notified of the cancellation of its accreditation; and
(b) ending when the company was notified of the cancellation of its accreditation.
Compliance
(6) A company must comply with a requirement referred to in subsection (1).
Ancillary contraventions
(7) A person must not:
(a) aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of subsection (6); or
(b) induce, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, a contravention of subsection (6); or
(c) be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of subsection (6); or
(d) conspire with others to effect a contravention of subsection (6).
(8) Subsections (6) and (7) are civil penalty provisions .
Note: Part 8 provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.