EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1987 No 101
CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED IMPORTS) REGULATIONS
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
MINISTER OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY,
TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE
With the alteration in the title of the office the ‘Director-General of Health’ to the ‘Secretary of the Department of Health’, references to the ‘Director-General’ contained in the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations require the amendments described below. The opportunity has also been taken to effect a minor drafting change to one Regulation.
The Regulations are amended as follows;
Regulation 1 provides that the term “Principal Regulations” used in this Statutory Rule means the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.
Regulation 2 substitutes the reference to “Director General” in subregulation 5(18) of the Principal Regulations with a reference “Secretary of the Department of Health”.
Regulation 3 substitutes the reference to “Director General” in subregulation 5B(2) of the Principal Regulations with a reference to “Secretary of the Department of Health”.
Regulation 4 effects a technical drafting change to regulation 5F by substituting the reference to “the last preceding sub-regulation” in subregulation 5F(2) of the principal Regulations with a reference to “Subregulation(1)”.
Regulation 5 substitutes the reference to the “Director General” in subregulation 5H(3) of the Principal Regulations with a reference to “Secretary of the Department of Health”.
Regulation 6 substitutes the reference to the “Director-General of Health” from item 23 of the Third Schedule to the Principal Regulations with a reference to the “Secretary of the Department of Health”.
Regulation 7 substitutes the reference to the “DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH” in the heading of the Eighth Schedule to the Principal Regulations with a reference to the “SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH”.
Regulation 8 provides for a Schedule which substitutes (wherever occuring) references to the “Director-General of Health” in subregulations 5(9), 5A(1), 5A(4) and 5C(7) with references to the “Secretary of the Department of Health”.