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2013-2014
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
THE SENATE
Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2014
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(Circulated by the authority of Senator Rhiannon)
Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2014
OUTLINE
The Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2014 amends the Export Control Act 1982 to
end the export of live animals for slaughter.
The Bill contains provisions that will make it unlawful to export from Australia live-stock for
slaughter.
NOTES ON CLAUSES
Clause 1 - Short Title
1. This is a formal provision specifying the short title of the Bill.
Clause 2 - Commencement
2. This provides for the commencement of the Act. It provides that the substantive provisions of the
Act will commence the day after the Act receives Royal Assent.
Clause 3 - Schedule(s)
3. This clause provides that an Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in
that Schedule, and any other item in a Schedule operates according to its terms.
Schedule 1 - Item 1
4. This item inserts a new section 7AA which provides in subsection (1) definitions of live-stock and
live-stock for slaughter to limit the application of the section to live-stock, as defined in section 3 of
the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 as cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, goats or other
prescribed animals, that is intended to be exported and slaughtered overseas.
5. Subsection (2) provides that the regulations are taken to have declared live-stock for slaughter as
prescribed goods under the Export Control Act. Subsection (3) provides that the regulations are taken
to have prohibited absolutely the export of live-stock for slaughter.
Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights
Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2014
This Bill is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the
international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny)
Act 2011.
Overview of the Bill
The Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill amends the Export Control Act 1982 to
prohibit the export of cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, goats or other prescribed animals for
slaughter overseas.
Human rights implications
This Bill does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms. Animals are sentient
beings but as yet do not enjoy rights comparable to human rights. This Bill fulfils
humanity's responsibility to protect and defend the rights of animals to live a life free of
cruelty and suffering.
Conclusion
This Bill is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human rights issues.
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon