2019‑2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Export Control Legislation Amendment (Certification of Narcotic Exports) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Agriculture, Water and the Environment)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to export control, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Export Control Act 1982 3
Export Control Act 2020 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to export control, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Export Control Legislation Amendment (Certification of Narcotic Exports) Act 2020.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this Act | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Export Control Act 1982
1 Section 3 (definition of goods)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
goods means:
(a) an animal or a plant, or part of an animal or a plant; or
(b) an article or a substance (including reproductive material) derived from an animal or a plant, whether or not in combination with any other article or substance; or
(c) food.
Export Control Act 2020
2 Section 12 (paragraph (d) of the definition of goods)
Omit “;”, substitute “.”.
3 Section 12 (definition of goods)
Omit “but does not include narcotic goods within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901.”.