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

Statutory Rules 1987 No. 3211

 

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 21 December 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Barry Jones

Minister of State for Science and Small Business

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1988.

Principal Regulations

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

Importation of goods from the Republic of South Africa or Namibia

3. Regulation 4q of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1) “for Foreign Affairs” and substituting “for Foreign Affairs and Trade”;

(b) by omitting subregulation (2) and substituting the following subregulations:

“(2) The importation into Australia from South Africa or Namibia of goods, or the importation into Australia from a country other than South Africa or Namibia of goods of South African or Namibian origin, being in either case goods specified or referred to in Schedule

 

(S.R. 347/87)—Cat. No. 16/10.12.1987

 

7a, is prohibited unless the permission in writing of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade or, subject to subregulation (2a), an authorized person to import those goods is produced to a Collector.

“(2a) Where, in relation to an application for permission under subregulation (2) for the importation of goods into Australia, an authorized person has formed an opinion that the permission should not be granted, the authorized person shall refer the application to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

“(2b) Where an application has been referred to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade under subregulation (2a), the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade may grant, or refuse to grant, the permission.”;

(c) by omitting from subregulation (3) “Customs Tariff Act 1982”and substituting “Customs Tariff Act 1987”; and

(d) by omitting subregulation (4) and substituting the following subregulation:

“(4) A reference in item 12, 13 and 14 in Schedule 7ato goods classified under a heading or subheading in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987 includes a reference to goods classified under a subheading of that heading or subheading.”.

Schedule 7a

4. Schedule 7a to the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting the heading and substituting the following heading:

“GOODS THE IMPORTATION OF WHICH FROM SOUTH AFRICA OR NAMIBIA, OR, BEING GOODS OF SOUTH AFRICAN OR NAMIBIAN ORIGIN, FROM A COUNTRY OTHER THAN SOUTH AFRICA OR NAMIBIA, IS PROHIBITED UNLESS THE PERMISSION OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OR AN AUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRODUCED TO THE COLLECTOR”;

(b) by omitting item 12 and substituting the following item:

“12 Goods classified under a heading in Section I, II, III or IV of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987”;

(c) by omitting item 13 and substituting the following item:

“13 Goods (being coal or another fuel) classified under heading 2701, 2702, 2703.00.00 or 2704.00.00 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987”;

(d) by omitting item 14 and substituting the following item:

“14 Goods (being iron and steel and articles thereof) classified under:

(a) heading 7201 or any of the headings 7203 to 7229 (inclusive) of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987; or

 

(b) subheading 7301.10.00 or any of the headings 7302 to 7306 (inclusive) of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1987.

2. Statutory Rules 1956 No. 90 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1987 No. 37 and see also Statutory Rules 1987 Nos. 37, 98, 101 and 320.

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