EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 262
CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED EXPORTS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry and Commerce.
Sub-regulation 5(2) of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations provides that the exportation from Australia of the goods specified in the Third Schedule to the Regulations is prohibited unless an approval in writing issued by the Minister of State for Primary Industry or by an authorized officer is produced to the Collector.
Sub-regulation 5(3) provides that an export permit in force under the Exports (Meat) Regulations shall in respect of goods specified in the Third Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations be taken to be an approval in writing for the purposes of sub-regulation 5(2) of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations.
The effect of sub-regulation 5(3) is to eliminate the need for dual authorisations for the exportation of meat and meat products for human consumption (Item 15 in the Third Schedule to the Regulations). Furthermore, sub-regulation 5(3) eliminates the need for the Minister for Primary Industry to authorise all meat inspectors and veterinary officers for the purposes of sub-regulation 5(2).
On 1 January 1984 the Export Control Act 1982 and the Export Control (General) Regulations (SR No 345 of 1982) came into force and, amongst other things, repealed the Exports (Meat) Regulations.
The purpose of the attached Regulation is therefore to replace the reference to the Exports (Meat) Regulations in sub-regulation 5(3) of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations with a reference to the Export Control (Orders) Regulations in respect of goods specified in Item 15 in the Third Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations.