Customs (Prohibited Exports) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2) (Cth)

Customs (Prohibited Exports) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 1072

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.

Dated 27 May 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 2).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958

Schedule 1 amends the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Subregulation 2 (1), after definition of asbestos

insert

CFC means a chlorofluorocarbon mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 15, whether existing alone or in a mixture.

[2]Subregulation 2 (1), after definition of Foreign Minister

insert

HBFC means a hydrobromofluorocarbon that is mentioned in Part 6 of Schedule 15, whether existing alone or in a mixture.

HCFC means a hydrochlorofluorocarbon mentioned in Part 5 of Schedule 15, whether existing alone or in a mixture.

HFC means a substance mentioned in Part 9 of Schedule 15, whether existing alone or in a mixture.

Note HFC is short for hydrofluorocarbon.

[3]Subregulation 2 (1), after definition of paramilitary equipment

insert

PFC means a substance mentioned in Part 10 of Schedule 15, whether existing alone or in a mixture.

Note PFC is short for perfluorocarbon.

[4]Subregulation 2 (1), after definition of poppy straw

insert

SGG means an HFC or a PFC.

Note 1 SGG is short for synthetic greenhouse gas.

Note 2 This definition is in substance the same as the definition of SGG in the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.

[5]Regulation 13F

substitute

13FExportation of ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases

1. (1)

   The exportation from Australia (except to an external Territory) of a substance mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 15 is prohibited.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if a licence to export the substance has been granted under section 16 of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 and the licence, or a copy of the licence, is produced to a Collector.

Note The exportation of HBFC is prohibited absolutely: see subregulation (5).

1. (3)

   Subregulation (1) does not apply to a substance that is:

   1. (a)

      contained in goods that will use the substance in the operation of the goods (for example, an aerosol spray device); or

   2. (b)

      present in goods because the substance was used in the manufacturing process for the goods.

2. (4)

   Subregulation (1) does not apply to a CFC, HCFC or SGG in relation to which all of the following conditions are satisfied:

   1. (a)

      the CFC, HCFC or SGG is on board a ship or aircraft;

   2. (b)

      the ship or aircraft has air conditioning or refrigeration equipment;

   3. (c)

      the CFC, HCFC or SGG is exclusively for use in meeting the reasonable servicing requirements of that equipment during, or in connection with, 1 or more periods when the ship or aircraft is or will be engaged in a journey between:

      1. (i)

         a place in Australia and a place outside Australia; or

      2. (ii)

         2 places outside Australia.

3. (5)

   The exportation (except to an external Territory) of HBFC is prohibited absolutely.

[6]Schedule 15, Parts 1 to 7, column headings

substitute

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Substance

[7]Schedule 15, after Part 7

insert

Part 8Bromochloromethane

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Substance

1

CH2 BrCl

Part 9HFCs

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Substance

1

CHF3 (HFC-23)

2

CH2 F2 (HFC-32)

3

CH3 F (HFC-41)

4

CHF2 CF3 (HFC-125)

5

CHF2 CHF2 (HFC-134)

6

CH2 FCF3 (HFC-134a)

7

CHF2 CH2 F (HFC-143)

8

CF3 CH3 (HFC-143a)

9

CH2 FCH2 F (HFC-152)

10

CH3 CHF2 (HFC-152a)

11

CH3 CH2 F (HFC-161)

12

CF3 CHFCF3 (HFC-227ea)

13

CH2 FCF2 CF3 (HFC-236cb)

14

CHF2 CHFCF3 (HFC-236ea)

15

CF3 CH2 CF3 (HFC-236fa)

16

CH2 FCF2 CHF2 (HFC-245ca)

17

CHF2 CH2 CF3 (HFC-245fa)

18

CF3 CH2 CF2 CH3 (HFC-365mfc)

19

CF3 CHFCHFCF2 CF3 (HFC-43-10mee)

Part 10PFCs

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Substance

1

CF4

2

C2 F6

3

C3 F8

4

C4 F10

5

c-C4 F8

6

C5 F12

7

C6 F14

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1958 No. 5, as amended by 1959 No. 5; 1961 Nos. 16 and 112; 1963 Nos. 129 and 130; 1964 No. 144; 1965 No. 136; 1966 Nos. 70 and 75; 1967 Nos. 42, 59 and 123; 1968 Nos. 46, 83, 101, 153, 160 and 162; 1969 Nos. 11, 21, 22 and 219; 1970 Nos. 34, 68, 89, 106 and 121; 1972 No. 210; 1973 Nos. 4, 7, 39, 74, 102, 138, 218 and 248; 1974 Nos. 46, 157, 178 and 250; 1975 Nos. 19, 44, 45, 173 and 224; 1976 Nos. 169 and 233; 1977 No. 89; 1978 Nos. 14, 58, 59 and 277; 1979 Nos. 160 and 237; 1980 Nos. 21, 61, 72, 76, 82, 99, 110, 212, 273, 358, 381 and 383; 1981 Nos. 49, 72, 86, 149, 225, 251 and 324; 1982 Nos. 169, 171 and 310; 1983 No. 272; 1984 Nos. 35, 63, 191, 262, 263 and 316; 1985 Nos. 1, 68, 138 and 378; 1986 Nos. 76, 89, 177, 178, 328, 364, 365, 366 and 388; 1987 Nos. 97, 115, 156, 176, 301, 317, 318 and 319; 1988 Nos. 65, 178, 195 and 361; 1989 Nos. 57, 59, 196, 264 and 388; 1990 Nos. 125, 146, 190, 264, 333 and 438; 1991 Nos. 24, 77, 118, 288 and 413; 1992 Nos. 61, 83, 103, 155, 412 and 414; 1993 Nos. 68, 212, 258 and 322; 1994 Nos. 32, 143, 172, 242, 313, 379, 392 and 417; 1995 Nos. 71 and 90; 1996 Nos. 32, 47, 48, 49, 50 (Statutory Rules 1996 Nos. 47, 48, 49 and 50 were disallowed by the Senate on 23 May 1996), 69, 225, 281 and 282; 1997 Nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 380, 381, 382 and 383; 1998 No. 211; 1999 Nos. 9, 164, 200, 216, 248, 274 and 331; 2000 Nos. 211 and 212; 2001 No. 171; 2002 Nos. 29, 139, 204, 205 and 330; 2003 Nos. 17, 44, 52, 88, 97, 308 and 320; 2004 No. 32.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette