Customs Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)

Customs Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 225

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Customs Act 1901.

Dated 27 September 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

JASON CLARE

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1Name of regulation                                              2

2Commencement                                                 2

3Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956       2

4Amendment of Customs Regulations 1926                  2

Schedule 1Amendments of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956         3

Schedule 2Amendment of Customs Regulations 1926               4

1. Name of regulation

This regulation is the Customs Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

1. Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

Schedule 1 amends the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.

1. Amendment of Customs Regulations 1926

Schedule 2 amends the Customs Regulations 1926.

Schedule 1          Amendments of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

(section 3)

[1]          Schedule 2, item 15

substitute

15 Goods to which, or the coverings to which, there is applied a representation of the Arms, a flag or a seal of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth or a representation so nearly resembling the Arms, a flag or a seal of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth as to be likely to deceive

[2]          Schedule 3, immediately after item 9A

insert

10 Goods to which, or to the coverings of which, there is applied a representation of the Arms, a flag or a seal of the Commonwealth or a representation so nearly resembling the Arms, a flag or a seal of the Commonwealth as to be likely to deceive The goods must not be imported unless:    (a)  the design of the representation has been approved in writing by the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, or an officer of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet who is authorised by that Secretary for this item; and   (b)  if the Collector asks the importer to produce the approval—the importer produces it

Schedule 2          Amendment of Customs Regulations 1926

(section 4)

[1]          Paragraph 170AA (1) (m)

omit

item 1 or 1A

insert

item 1, 1A or 10

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See