Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 5) (Cth)

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 5)1

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 2452

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 5 August 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

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 2004 (No. 5).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on 18 August 2004.

3Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

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

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Paragraph 5I (2) (a)

after

specified in

insert

items 2, 3, 10 and 11 of

[2]After subregulation 5I (2)

insert

1. (2A)

   The importation into Australia of:

   1. (a)

      goods, being certain organochlorine chemicals specified in items 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 of Schedule 9; and

   2. (b)

      goods, being any chemical or compound that may be derived from an organochlorine chemical so specified and from which such a chemical may be regenerated; and

   3. (c)

      goods, being any isomer of an organochlorine chemical so specified, or any substance derived from such an isomer and from which such an isomer may be regenerated;

is prohibited unless:

1. (d)

   if the chemical is an active constituent or a chemical product as defined in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994:

   1. (i)

      a permission to import the chemical has been granted in writing under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995; and

   2. (ii)

      the permission is produced to a Collector; or

2. (e)

   in any other case:

   1. (i)

      the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry or an authorised officer has granted a permission in writing to import the goods; and

   2. (ii)

      the permission is produced to a Collector.

1. (2B)

   An application for a permission under paragraph (2) (d) or (2A) (e) must be:

   1. (a)

      in writing; and

   2. (b)

      lodged with an authorised officer.

2. (2C)

   An authorised officer may ask an applicant for a permission under paragraph (2) (d) or (2A) (e) to give to the authorised officer any information that the authorised officer or the Minister reasonably requires in order to decide whether the permission should be granted.

[3]Subregulation 5I (3)

omit

subregulation (2),

insert

subregulation (2) or (2A),

[4]Subregulation 5I (5)

omit

subregulation (2)

insert

subregulation (2), (2A)

[5]Paragraph 5I (6) (a)

omit

subregulation (2)

insert

subregulation (2), (2A)

[6]Schedule 9

substitute

Schedule 9Goods, being certain organochlorine chemicals, the importation of which is prohibited unless permission is granted under regulation 5I

(regulation 5I)

 

Item	Common name	CAS Registry Number
1	aldrin (HHDN)	309-00-2
2	HCH (mixed isomers) (BHC)	608-73-1
3	lindane (g-BHC, g-HCH)	58-89-9
4	chlordane	57-74-9
5	DDT (pp’-DDT)	50-29-3
6	dieldrin (HEOD)	60-57-1
7	endrin	72-20-8
8	heptachlor	76-44-8
9	hexachlorobenzene (HCB)	118-74-1
10	methoxychlor	72-43-5
11	oxychlordane	26880-48-8 27304-13-8
12	mirex	2385-85-5
13	toxaphene (camphechlor)	8000-35-2

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 Nos. 30, 81, 206, 331 and 332; 2003 Nos. 18, 26, 53, 54, 89, 97, 166, 210, 253, 309 and 321; 2004 Nos. 72, 108, 121 and 142.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette