EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1986 No.327
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1982
EXPORT CONTROL (UNPROCESSED WOOD) REGULATIONS
The Export Control (Unprocessed Wood) Regulations came into force on 1 July 1986. Following consultation between the Minister for Primary Industry and the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances it was agreed that the Regulations should be amended to
- ensure that in all cases where applicants have been refused a licence, thay shall be notified of the reasons for the making of such decisions, except where the Minister has certified that disclosure of reasons for refusal would be contrary to the public interest by reason that it would involve the disclosure of Cabinet deliberations; and
- remove an existing legal possibility that a Ministerial delegate could take a primary decision and then, as Ministerial delegate, reconsider that decision on the Minister’s behalf.