EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1985 No. 96
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce.
Regulation 4 of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations provides that the importation into Australia of the goods specified in the Second Schedule to those Regulations is prohibited unless the permission in writing of the Minister to import the goods has been granted.
Item 8(a) of the Second Schedule specifies confectionery containing more than 1.15 per centum by volume of alcohol.
Regulation 2 repeals Item 8(a) of the Second Schedule as a consequence of developments in State food regulations which now permit the sale of liqueur confectionery subject to labelling requirements.
Regulation 1 amends sub-regulation 4N(3) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations to delete the reference to the Department of Transport and substitute the words “that Department” which, in context, is a reference to the Department of Aviation. The changed reference to Departments is a consequence of the Administrative Arrangement Orders of March 1983.