Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 120

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 28 June 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

JASON CLARE

Minister for Home Affairs

1. Name of regulation

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

1. Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 July 2012.

1. Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

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

Schedule 1          Amendments

(section 3)

[1]          Subregulation 2 (1), definition SGG

substitute

SGG means:

(a)an HFC; or

(b)a PFC; or

(c)sulfur hexafluoride.

[2]          Paragraph 5K (1) (b)

omit

pre‑charged

insert

ODS equipment or SGG

[3]          Subregulation 5K (3)

substitute

(3)Subregulation (1) does not apply to a substance that is present in goods because the substance was used in the manufacturing process for the goods.

[4]          Subregulation 5K (5)

omit

[5]          Subregulation 5K (6)

omit

pre‑charged

insert

ODS equipment or SGG

[6]          Subregulation 5K (7)

substitute

(7)In this regulation:

ODS equipment means air-conditioning equipment, or refrigeration equipment, that contains a substance that is an HCFC.

SGG equipment means equipment or another product that contains a substance that is an SGG.

[7]          Schedule 10

insert

Part 11        Sulfur hexafluoride

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Substance

1

SF₆

Note

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