Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1985

No. 3781

Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.

Dated 19 December 1985.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

John N. Button

Minister of State for Industry,

Technology and Commerce

Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations.

2. After regulation 13b of the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Exportation of goods to the Republic of South Africa

“13c. (1) A reference in this regulation to an authorized person shall be read as a reference to a person authorized in writing by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs to approve, for the purposes of these Regulations, the exportation from Australia to the Republic of South Africa of goods specified in Schedule 14.

“(2) The exportation from Australia to the Republic of South Africa of goods specified in Schedule 14 is prohibited unless an approval in writing to the exportation of the goods to that country issued by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs or by an authorized person is produced to a Collector.”.

(S.R. 341/85)—Cat. No.  10/12.12.1985

Schedule 14

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 14Regulation 13c

GOODS THE EXPORTATION OF WHICH TO THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IS PROHIBITED UNLESS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR AN AUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRODUCED TO THE COLLECTOR

Item No.	Description of Goods
1	Batons, clubs, riot sticks and similar devices of a kind used for law enforcement purposes
2	Body armour, including—
(a) bullet-resistant apparel;
(b) bullet-resistant pads; and
(c) protective helmets
3	Computer hardware, including central processing units
4	Handcuffs, leg irons and other devices used for restraining prisoners
5	Printed circuit board assemblies suitable for use in or with goods referred to in item 3
6	Riot protection shields
7	Whips

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1985.

2. Statutory Rules 1958 No. 5 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1985 No. 1 and see also Statutory Rules 1985 Nos. 1, 68 and 138.

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