EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1985 No. 138
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce.
The regulation is part of a package of regulations designed to amend Customs and Excise legislation to reflect revised standards for wines and spirits adopted by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The regulation omits Item 4 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Regulations which removes the export control over fortified wine which is less than six months old.
The Food Standards Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council found, in its detailed review of Commonwealth legislation relating to wines and spirits, that an export control over such fortified wine was no longer necessary.