Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Electromagnetic Weapons) Regulations 2022 (Cth)

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Electromagnetic Weapons) Regulations 2022

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 03 February 2022

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Jason Wood

Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956  2

1  Name

This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Electromagnetic Weapons) Regulations 2022.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	10 February 2022.	10 February 2022

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the Customs Act 1901.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

1  Part 2 of Schedule 13 (at the end of the table)

Add:

48	Electromagnetic weapons or similar devices (other than those to which item 1 applies) that: (a) are designed or adapted to propel or launch a substance or other thing by means of electromagnetic force; and (b) when discharged, are capable of causing: (i) damage to property; or (ii) bodily harm	The importation must comply with at least one of the following tests: (a) the official purposes test; (b) the national interest test
49	Parts for electromagnetic weapons or similar devices to which item 48 applies	The importation must comply with at least one of the following tests: (a) the official purposes test; (b) the national interest test

2  Item 2 of Part 4 of Schedule 13

Omit “Minster”, substitute “Minister”.