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

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 1771

 

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations2

(Amendment)

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

Dated 30 June 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Barry O. Jones

Minister of State for Science, Customs

and Small Business

Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1) the definition of “Australian Wool Corporation Standard” and substituting the following definition:

“‘Australian Wool Corporation Standard’ means a standard published by the Australian Wool Corporation;”;

(b) by omitting “1901-1963” from the definition of “the Act” in subregulation (1) and substituting “1901”.

 

(S.R. 167/88)—Cat. No. 16/22.6.1988

 

Secretary of the Department of Community Services and Health to give reasons for refusal

3. Regulation 5f of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1) “Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Community Services and Health”;

(b) by omitting from paragraphs (2) (a) and (b) “Health” and substituting “Community Services and Health”;

(c) by omitting from subregulation (3) “Health” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Community Services and Health”.

Importation of certain goods prohibited except with consent of Secretary of the Department of Community Services and Health or authorized officer

4. Regulation 5h of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulations (1), (2) and (3) “Health” and substituting “Community Services and Health”.

First Schedule

5. The First Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting item 25.

Second Schedule

6. The Second Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after item 19a the following item:

“20 Pipes for use in opium smoking and all parts of and accessories to such pipes”.

Third Schedule

7. The Third Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from the third column “Industry” in item 8a and substituting “Industries and Energy”;

(b) by omitting from the second column “1908-1950” in item 10 and substituting “1908”;

(c) by omitting the conditions, restrictions and requirements specified in the third column in item 23 and substituting:

“The importer shall produce to the Collector the permission in writing of the Secretary to the Department of Community Services and Health or the Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation to import the goods”;

(d) by omitting from the third column “Industry” in item 23a and substituting “Industries and Energy”.

Eighth Schedule

8. The Eighth Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from the heading “HEALTH” and substituting “COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH”.

 

Further amendments of the Principal Regulations

9. The Principal Regulations are further amended as set out in Schedules 1 and 2.

SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 9

FURTHER MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Subregulation 4b (3):

Omit “Industry”, substitute “Industries and Energy”.

Subregulations 4k (1) and (5):

Omit “Industry”, substitute “Industries and Energy”.

Subregulation 4l (7), definitions of “authorized officer” and “Minister”:

Insert “and Communications” after “Transport”.

Subregulations 4n (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6):

Omit “Aviation”, substitute “Transport and Communications”.

Subregulation 4p (1), definitions of “authorized officer” and “Minister”:

Omit “Communications”, substitute “Transport and Communications”.

Subregulation 5g (5):

Omit “1966-1973”, substitute “1966”.

Paragraph 5g (6) (a):

Omit “1966-1973”, substitute “1966”.

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 9

AMENDMENTS OF REFERENCES TO THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended by omitting “Health” and substituting “Community Services and Health”:

Subparagraphs 5 (1) (a) (i) and (ii), subregulations 5 (3), (4), (5), (6) (wherever occurring) and (7), paragraphs 5 (7) (a) and 5 (9) (b), (e), (f), (g) and (h) (wherever occurring), subregulation 5 (10), paragraphs 5 (10) (a) and 5 (12) (a) and (b), subregulations 5 (15) (wherever occurring), (16), (17), (18), (18a) and (19), the definition of “authorized officer” in subregulation 5 (20) (wherever occurring), subregulation 5a (1), paragraph 5a (3) (a), subregulations 5a (4), 5b (1), (2) (wherever occurring), (2a) (wherever occurring), (2c) and (4) and 5c (2), paragraph 5c (4) (a), subregulation 5c (7), paragraph 5d (1) (a), subparagraph

 

SCHEDULE 2—continued

5d (1) (b) (i), paragraph 5d (1) (e), subregulations 5d(2) and (3), paragraph 5d(5) (a), subregulations 5e (1), (2), (3), (3a) and (4) (wherever occurring) and 5g (1) (wherever occurring), (2) (wherever occurring), (3), (4) (wherever occurring), (5) (wherever occurring), (6) (wherever occurring), (7) (wherever occurring), (8) (wherever occurring) and (9).

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 June 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1956 No. 90 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1988 No. 64 and see also Statutory Rules 1988 Nos. 64 and 136.

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