Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2) (Cth)

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 812

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, 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 2 May 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

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

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]After regulation 4U

insert

4VImportation of Anzac goods

• (1)

  In this regulation:

authorised officer means an officer of the Department administered by the Minister authorised in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this regulation.

Minister means the Minister administering the Anzac Day Act 1995.

• (2)

  In this regulation, a reference to the word ‘Anzac’ includes a reference to a word so nearly resembling the word ‘Anzac’ as to be likely to deceive.

• (3)

  The importation into Australia of goods the description of which includes the word ‘Anzac’ or goods bearing the word ‘Anzac’, or advertising matter relating to those goods, is prohibited unless:

  • (a)

    the person importing the goods is the holder of a written permission granted by the Minister or an authorised officer; and

  • (b)

    the permission or a copy of the permission is produced to the Collector at or before the time of importation.

• (4)

  An application for a permission under subregulation (3) must be in writing.

(5)A permission under subregulation (3) may specify conditions or requirements to be complied with by the holder of the permission and may, for any such condition or requirement, specify the time, (being a time either before or after the importation of the goods to which the permission relates), at or before which the condition or requirement must be complied with by the holder of the permission.

• (6)

  If the holder of a permission does not comply with a condition or requirement (if any) of the permission, the Minister or an authorised officer may, by writing, revoke the permission.

• (7)

  The Minister or authorised officer may revoke a permission under subregulation (6) whether or not the holder of the permission is charged with an offence under subsection 50 (4) of the Act for not complying with the condition or requirement.

[2]Schedule 1, item 13

omit

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, 332 and 333 (disallowed by the House of Representatives on 5 June 2000); 2000 Nos. 32, 75, 143, 213, 214, 215, 234 and 299; 2001 No. 60; 2002 No. 30.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette