Annex

Veterinary health certificates must only be assessed by veterinary officers and must comply with the following requirements:

1. The document must meet the department's Minimum documentary and import declaration requirements policy.
2. The document must provide identification for each animal in the consignment, including species, sex, and number of animals.
3. The document must detail the microchip number and site for each animal.
4. The document must detail any treatments, tests or statements as required by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry import permit.
5. The document must include the nature and identification of the means of transport including any seals used.
6. The document should contain the name of the exporter.
7. The document should contain the name of the person in charge.
8. The document must contain the name of the official veterinarian of the government of the exporting country. The name must be written in BLOCK LETTERS.
9. The document must include the title of the official government veterinarian.
10. The document must contain the telephone number of the official veterinarian of the government of the exporting country.
11. The document must contain the email contact details of the official veterinarian of the government of the exporting country.
12. The document must contain the address of the official veterinarian of the government of the exporting country.
13. The document must contain the signature, date and stamp of the official government veterinarian on each page (with the stamp of the government veterinary administration). The date must conform to the day/month/year format. Other documents e.g. laboratory reports and tables which form part of the extended health certification must also contain this information.
    Certification must comply with Chapter 5.2 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, including that any manual deletions to the health certificate must be signed and stamped by the official government veterinarian.
14. The document must be written in a language understood by the official government veterinarian of the exporting country.
15. The document must contain the name of the country of export.
16. The document must contain the name of the certifying government ministry or department.
17. The document must meet all requirements of the veterinary certification conditions.
18. Where the document has been signed by a government approved veterinarian, it must be counter signed by the official government veterinarian.
19. The document must contain the date on which the document is signed by the government approved veterinarian or official government veterinarian.
20. The health certificate must conform to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2009.
21. Any corrections made to the document must be struck through, remain legible and be signed and stamped by an approved representative of the Competent Authority.
    Note: Correction fluid must not be used.