Bill
Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-10-02. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-31
- second reading — 2019-07-31
- second reading — 2019-09-10
- second reading — 2019-09-10
- committee — 2019-09-10
- third reading — 2019-09-10
- introduced — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-17
- second reading — 2019-09-17
- second reading — 2019-09-18
- second reading — 2019-09-18
- third reading — 2019-09-18
- passed — 2019-09-18
- royal assent — 2019-10-02
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-07-31.
The bill creates an independent watchdog to monitor how the Department of Agriculture regulates the export of live animals.
The watchdog can demand information and documents from anyone in Australia for its reviews, and its reports go to the minister and are released publicly.
The watchdog cannot examine single actions by officials, government export policies, trade deals or market access.
- Establishes an independent Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports.
- Gives the Inspector-General power to compel information and documents for reviews.
- Requires the Inspector-General to prepare reports and make them public.
The Department of Agriculture, live-stock exporters, trading partners and the Australian community.
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