Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019

made under subregulation 4DA(9) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.

Compilation No. 1 

Compilation date: 18 January 2025

Includes amendments up to: Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2025 (F2025L00019)

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 18/01/2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Modifications

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents

1  Name

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Approval of importation of tobacco products

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

1  Name

  This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Importation of Tobacco Products) Approval 2019.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subregulation 4DA(9) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

  Act means the Customs Act 1901.

  cargo report has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act.

  Regulation means the Customs Regulation 2015.

  tobacco product has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act.

5  Approval of importation of tobacco products

  For the purposes of subregulation 4DA(9) of the Regulations, the importation into Australia of the following tobacco products is approved:

 (a) tobacco products in excess of the amounts mentioned in paragraph 27(2)(g) of the Regulation that are imported:

 (i) by a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, a ship or aircraft arriving in Australia, if the passenger or member is at least 18 years of age; or

 (ii) as part of the unaccompanied personal or household effects of a passenger on, or a member of the crew of, a ship or aircraft arriving in Australia, if the passenger or member is at least 18 years of age;

Note: Paragraph 27(2)(g) of the Regulation refers to amounts in excess of 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of tobacco products.

 (c) tobacco products imported into Australia where the cargo report in relation to the tobacco products states that the destination of the tobacco products is a place outside Australia;

 (d) tobacco products imported for sale by military commissaries to persons the subject of a Status of Forces Agreement between the Government of Australia and the government of another country or other countries.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history