EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982, NO. 171
Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
Regulation 7 of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations prohibits the exportation of Aircraft specified in the Fifth Schedule to the regulations unless an approval in writing to export the goods is issued by the Department of Transport.
Regulation 13B of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations prohibits the exportation from Australia of defence materiel specified in Schedule 13 to the regulations unless a permission in writing to export the goods has been granted by the Minister for Industry and Commerce or an authorized person.
The purpose of the accompanying regulations is to -
(i) transfer the responsibility for the export control under regulation 7 and the Fifth Schedule to the Department of Aviation; and
(ii) transfer the responsibility for the export control under regulation 13B and Schedule 13 to the Minister for Defence Support.
The necessity for these changes was not appreciated at the time when the orders under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 were made on 7 May 1982 in respect of the new administrative arrangements.