Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I move amendment (13) on sheet 5307:

(13)  Schedule 5, page 29 (after line 9), after item 57, insert:

57A After subsection 62(2)

Insert:

     (2A)    If the Minister gives a notice in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister must provide a written statement of particulars and reasons specifying the ground or grounds on which the notice was given.

      (2B)    A copy of the notice in accordance with subsection (1) and the written statement of particulars and reasons in accordance with subsection (2A) must be supplied to:

             (a)    the Chairperson of the Commission; and

             (b)    the person who made the application to export wheat under section 57.

      (2C)    The Minister must cause a copy of a notice given in accordance with subsection (1) and a written statement of particulars and reasons in accordance with subsection (2A) to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 5 sitting days of that House after the notice is given.

Section 60(1) of the act provides that the regulator cannot provide a permission to export wheat unless the minister has agreed in writing to do so. This amendment is identical in effect to amendment (14).