EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Home Affairs
Customs Amendment (Export Controls and Other Measures) Act 2011
Proclamation
Item 2 of subsection 2(1) of the Customs Amendment (Export Controls and Other Measures) Act 2011 (the Act) provides for Schedules 1 and 2 to the Act to commence on a single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
Item 2 of subsection 2(1) of the Act also provides that if any of the provisions in Schedules 1 and 2 do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.
The Act received the Royal Assent on 29 June 2011.
The purpose of the Proclamation is to fix 28 November 2011 as the day on which Schedules 1 and 2 to the Act commence.
Schedules 1 and 2 to the Act amend the Customs Act 1901 and the Customs Depot Licensing Charges Act 1997 to strengthen the extent of Customs controls over export cargo and ensure consistent depot and warehouse licence conditions.
The Proclamation is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.