Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No 9) (Cth)

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 9)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 333

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, 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 15 December 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

amanda vanstone

Minister for Justice and Customs

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 9)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 3332

made under the

Customs Act 1901

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 9).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 July 2000.

3Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

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

Schedule 1Amendment

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(regulation 3)

[1]After regulation 4B

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4CImportation of used diesel engines designed for use in road vehicles

• (1)

  In this regulation:

authorised person means an APS employee in the Department of Transport and Regional Services authorised in writing by the Minister for this regulation.

Minister means the Minister for Transport and Regional Services.

road vehicle has the meaning given in section 164 of the Act.

• (2)

  The importation into Australia of a used diesel engine designed for use in a road vehicle is prohibited unless the Minister or an authorised person has granted permission, in writing, for its importation.

• (3)

  However, the Minister or an authorised person may grant a permission under subregulation (2) only if the engine complies with Australian Design Rule 30/00, Diesel Engine Exhaust Smoke Emissions, and Australian Design Rule 70/00, Exhaust Emission Control for Diesel Engined Vehicles, as in force on the commencement of this regulation.

• (4)

  Also, a permission granted under subregulation (2) may:

  • (a)

    specify conditions or requirements to be complied with by the holder of the permission; and

  • (b)

    for any such condition or requirement, specify a time, either before or after the importation of the engine to which the permission relates, at or before which the condition or requirement is to be complied with by the holder of the permission.

• (5)

  The Minister or an authorised person may revoke or modify a permission granted under subregulation (2) if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:

  • (a)

    a condition or requirement of the permission has not been complied with; or

  • (b)

    unless the permission is modified, a condition or requirement of the permission is unlikely to be complied with.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1956 No. 90, as amended by 1958 Nos. 6 and 67; 1959 Nos. 17, 31 and 93; 1960 No. 22; 1961 No. 117; 1962 No. 82; 1963 No. 26; 1964 Nos. 25 and 39; 1965 Nos. 81, 91, 135, 167 and 190; 1966 No. 95; 1967 Nos. 41, 58, 114 and 178; 1968 Nos. 100, 141 and 161; 1969 Nos. 2, 7, 10, 39, 43 and 218; 1970 Nos. 8, 72, 105 and 194; 1972 No. 97; 1973 Nos. 5, 6, 42, 43, 89, 93, 162, 175, 217, 227, 228 and 262; 1974 Nos. 123 and 249; 1975 Nos. 58, 62, 121, 172 and 183; 1976 Nos. 98, 159, 186 and 291; 1977 Nos. 18, 23, 24, 59, 67 and 162; 1978 No. 276; 1979 Nos. 145, 155 and 280; 1980 Nos. 71, 78, 150, 211, 368, 376, 380 and 382; 1981 Nos. 29, 71, 176, 309, 369 and 383; Act No. 75, 1981; Statutory Rules 1982 Nos. 44, 80, 102, 170, 236 and 252; 1983 No. 331; 1984 Nos. 55, 64, 102, 128, 260, 261, 317 and 318; 1985 Nos. 26, 96, 139, 160, 305 and 377; 1986 Nos. 180, 307, 342, 362 and 385; 1987 Nos. 37, 98, 101, 320 and 321; 1988 Nos. 64, 136, 177, 326, 327, 374 and 375; 1989 Nos. 60 and 379; 1990 Nos. 39, 191, 265, 324, 460 and 467; 1991 Nos. 23, 76, 248 and 289; 1992 Nos. 49, 154, 189, 286 and 413; 1993 Nos. 67, 211, 256, 257 and 382; 1994 Nos. 104, 171, 241, 314 and 378; 1995 Nos. 15, 89, 403 and 412; 1996 Nos. 31, 59, 68, 91, 123, 226, 324 and 325; 1997 Nos. 22, 93, 129, 254, 285, 317, 385 and 386; 1998 Nos. 4, 52, 58 and 228; 1999 Nos. 165, 201, 202, 217, 249, 250, 275 and 332.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 15 December 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette