Section 8

Any licensee who requires an export health certificate for the export of any consignment of meat or meat products may apply to the Director or an authorised officer for the issue to him of the export health certificate.

Any application under sub-regulation [1) shall be in such form as the

Director may require and shall be accompanied by

{a}

a written document from a competent authority of the country to which the consignment is to be exported specifying the import requirements of that country; and

{bj the appropriate fee.

Upon recetvmg an application for an export health certificate, the

Director or the authorised officer shall examine the consignment to be exported or cause the consignment to be examined by an authorised examiner and shall issue the export health certificate to the applicant only if -

(a} the examination reveals that the consignment is fit for human consumption; and

(b} the import requirements of the country to which the consignment is intended to be exported are complied with.

Offences to be compoundable.