Schedule 1 Amendment of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations

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[1] Regulation 1

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1 Name of regulations

These regulations are the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958.

[2] After regulation 13F

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13G Exportation of radioactive waste

(1) On and after 1 January 2000, the exportation from Australia to a Pacific Island Developing Country of radioactive waste is prohibited unless a permission in writing, given by the Minister or by an authorised person, for the exportation of the waste is produced to a Collector at or before the time of exportation.

(2) In deciding whether to give a permission under subregulation (1), the Minister, or the authorised person, must take into account the international obligations of Australia.

(3) In this regulation:

authorised person means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to give a permission under subregulation (1).

Minister means the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources.

Pacific Island Developing Country means any of the following countries:

(a) Cook Islands;

(b) Fiji;

(d) Marshall Islands, Republic of;

(e) Micronesia, Federated States of;

(f) Nauru;

(g) Niue;

(h) Palau, Republic of;

(i) Papua New Guinea;

(j) Solomon Islands;

(k) Tonga;

(l) Tuvalu;

(m) Vanuatu;

(n) Western Samoa.

radioactive waste means waste consisting of material that emits ionising radiation as a result of the spontaneous transformation of the nucleus of the atom but does not include material that has an activity concentration below 1 Becquerel per gram or an activity below 1000 Becquerel.

[3] Paragraph 13H (1) (a)

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or 13CG (1)

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13CG (1) or 13G (1)

[4] Paragraph 13H (4) (c)

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Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.

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Minister for Industry, Science and Resources;

[5] After paragraph 13H (4) (c)

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(d) for an application under subregulation 13G (1) — the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources.

Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1958 No. 5, as amended by 1959 No. 5; 1961 Nos. 16 and 112; 1963 Nos. 129 and 130; 1964 No. 144; 1965 No. 136; 1966 Nos. 70 and 75; 1967 Nos. 42, 59 and 123; 1968 Nos. 46, 83, 101, 153, 160 and 162; 1969 Nos. 11, 21, 22 and 219; 1970 Nos. 34, 68, 89, 106 and 121; 1972 No. 210; 1973 Nos. 4, 7, 39, 74, 102, 138, 218 and 248; 1974 Nos. 46, 157, 178 and 250; 1975 Nos. 19, 44, 45, 173 and 224; 1976 Nos. 169 and 233; 1977 No. 89; 1978 Nos. 14, 58, 59 and 277; 1979 Nos. 160 and 237; 1980 Nos. 21, 61, 72, 76, 82, 99, 110, 212, 273, 358, 381 and 383; 1981 Nos. 49, 72, 86, 149, 225, 251 and 324; 1982 Nos. 169, 171 and 310; 1983 No. 272; 1984 Nos. 35, 63, 191, 262, 263 and 316; 1985 Nos. 1, 68, 138 and 378; 1986 Nos. 76, 89, 177, 178, 328, 364, 365, 366 and 388; 1987 Nos. 97, 115, 156, 176, 301, 317, 318 and 319; 1988 Nos. 65, 178, 195 and 361; 1989 Nos. 57, 59, 196, 264 and 388; 1990 Nos. 125, 146, 190, 264, 333 and 438; 1991 Nos. 24, 77, 118, 288 and 413; 1992 Nos. 61, 83, 103, 155, 412 and 414; 1993 Nos. 68, 212, 258 and 322; 1994 Nos. 32, 143, 172, 242, 313, 379, 392 and 417; 1995 Nos. 71 and 90; 1996 Nos. 32, 47, 48, 49, 50 (Statutory Rules 1996 Nos. 47, 48, 49 and 50 were disallowed by the Senate on 23 May 1996), 69, 225, 281 and 282; 1997 Nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 380, 381, 382 and 383; 1998 No. 211.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 4 February 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 February 1999.

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