Explanatory Statement
Statutory Rules 1986 No. 362
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce
The purpose of the amendment to the abovenamed Regulations is to remove item 30B (certain television receivers) from the Second Schedule to the Regulations.
Item 30B was added to the Regulations because of the concern expressed by State Electricity Authorities that television receivers of the kind covered by that Item could present a hazard to mains power supplies by direct current discharge. Those authorities now advise that they would have no objection to the import control being removed. They are satisfied that the major overseas manufacturers and importers of such items are aware of Australian standards and that commercial importers are complying with those standards.
State and Territory Electricity Authorities conduct tests on electrical appliances that come onto the market as a matter of course and this is now considered to be the most appropriate way of policing the sale and use of television receivers of the type covered by item 30B, if such policing is required.
The amendment is as follows:
The Second Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by removing from that Schedule item 30B.