Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 62

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1974.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1974.

Dated this ninth day of April, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

KEP. ENDERBY

Minister of State for Police and Customs.

Amendments of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 

Importation of polychlorinated biphenyls, terphenyls, &c.

1. Regulation 4ab of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) the word “ and ”; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following paragraphs:—

“ (c) substances obtained by chlorinating terphenyls or other polyphenyls; and

(d) goods containing substances obtained by chlorinating terphenyls or other polyphenyls.”.

First Schedule.

2. The First Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (a) of item 20, after the words “ eau de vie ”, the words “ de vin ”.

Third Schedule.

3. The Third Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by inserting after item 9 the following item:—

“ 9a Goods that are national cultural property within the meaning of section 4 of the National Cultural Property (Preservation) Ordinance 1965-1970 of Papua New Guinea, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item The importer shall produce to the Collector the consent in writing of the Trustees of the Papua New Guinea Public Museum and Art Gallery to the export or removal of the goods from Papua New Guinea”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 22 April 1975.

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 90, as amended by Statutory Rules 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; and 1975: