Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)
Statutory Rules 2000 No. 43
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Export Control Act 1982.
Dated 6 April 2000
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
Wilson Tuckey
Minister for Forestry and Conservation
Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)1
made under the
Contents
Page
1 Name of Regulations
2 Commencement
3 Amendment of Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Regulations 1996
Schedule 1 Amendments
These Regulations are the Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1).
These Regulations commence on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Regulations 1996
Schedule 1 amends the Export Control (Hardwood Wood Chips) Regulations 1996.
(regulation 3)
[1] Paragraph 2 (a)
substitute
(a) ensures that, from the commencement of this paragraph, hardwood wood chips that are derived from native hardwood forests are permitted to be exported only if:
(i) they are derived from a region to which a Regional Forest Agreement applies; or
(ii) they are exported under a restricted shipment licence; and
[2] Subregulation 24 (1)
substitute
(1) A person may apply, in writing, for a licence to export a shipment of hardwood wood chips from a region to which no Regional Forest Agreement applies.
[3] Subregulation 25 (2)
substitute
(2) Before deciding whether to grant a restricted shipment licence, the Minister must consider:
(a) the need to protect areas that are or may be required to establish a comprehensive, adequate and representative national forest reserve system; and
(b) any other relevant matter.
[4] Regulation 27, heading
substitute
27 Other conditions or restrictions of restricted shipment licences
[5] Subregulation 27 (2)
omit
granted for the purpose set out in paragraph 24 (1) (a)
[6] After subregulation 27 (2)
insert
(3) The Export Control (Hardwood Woodchips) (Monitoring Fee) Orders do not apply to a restricted shipment licence granted after 31 March 2000.
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1996 No. 206, as amended by 1998 Nos. 54 and 311; 1999 Nos. 87, 282 and 328.
2. Made by the Governor-General on 6 April 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 April 2000.