EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Export Control Act 1982
Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1)
Sub-section 25(1) of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed; or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or for giving effect to the Act.
Regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982 (“the Regulations”) provides that the Minister may, by instrument in writing, make orders, not inconsistent with regulations made under the Act, with respect to any matter for or in relation to which provision may be made by regulations made under the Act.
The purpose of the Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1) (“the Amendment Order”) is to amend the Export Control (Prescribed Goods General) Order 2005, which commences on 1 July 2005, to correct minor errors in the design of certain official marks prescribed in that Order.
Consultation was not undertaken for the making of the Amendment Order because the amendments are of a minor or machinery nature and do not substantially alter existing arrangements. For the same reason, the Office of Regulation Review advised that a regulation impact statement is not required.
Details of the Amendment Order are set out below:
Section 1
This section provides that the Amendment Order is named the Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Amendment Order 2005 (No. 1).
Section 2
This section provides that the Amendment Order commences on 1 July 2005.
Section 3
This section provides that Schedule 1 to the Amendment Order amends the Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Order 2005.
Schedule 1 – Amendments
Item 1
This item amends subsection 13.07 (1) to update the name of the Department in the design of the official mark from ‘Department of Primary Industry’ to ‘Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry’.
Item 2
This item amends the design of the official mark in subsection 13.08(1) to correct a typographical error.
Item 3
This item amends the design of the official mark in subsection 13.08(1) to correct a typographical error.