This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Sports Shooters—Biathlon) Instrument 2026.

(1) Each provision of this instrument 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
The whole of this instrument	The later of: (a) 13 July 2026; and (b) the day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the following provisions of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956:

(a) subitem 1.7 of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations;

(b) subitem 1A.7 of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956, including the following:

(a) certified international sports shooter;

(b) certified sports shooter;

In this instrument:

Biathlon Australia means Biathlon Australia Ltd (ABN 18 883 464 584).

biathlon event means:

(a) a biathlon competition conducted or authorised by Biathlon Australia; or

(b) an event or activity directly related to training for, preparing for, or participating in, a competition covered by paragraph (a).

Regulations means the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.

6 Certified sports shooter—sporting association or body

For the purposes of subparagraph 1.1A(a)(i) of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, Biathlon Australia is specified.

7 Certified sports shooter—specified sporting event

For the purposes of paragraph 1.1A(c) of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, the following sporting events are specified in relation to Biathlon Australia:

(a) biathlon events;

(b) the Commonwealth Games or an associated event;

(d) the Paralympic Games or an associated event.

8 Certified sports shooter—additional criteria

For the purposes of paragraph 1.1A(e) of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, the following criteria are specified:

(a) the use, by the person, of the restricted category C article may only be for:

(i) participation in the event; or

(ii) training or preparation directly connected with the event; and

(b) the use, by the person, of the restricted category C article must not be for any purpose that is not covered by paragraph (a); and

(i) in effect; and

(ii) of a kind that permits participation in a biathlon event; and

(iii) not suspended.

9 Certified international sports shooter—specified sporting event

For the purposes of paragraph 1A.1A(a) of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, the following sporting events are specified:

(a) biathlon events;

(b) the Commonwealth Games or an associated event;

(d) the Paralympic Games or an associated event.

10 Certified international sports shooter—sporting association or body

For subparagraph 1A.1A(b)(iv) of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, Biathlon Australia is specified as a sporting association or body in relation to biathlon events.

11 Certified international sports shooter—additional criteria

For the purposes of paragraph 1A.1A(e) of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations, the following criteria are specified:

(a) the person is a participant in a sporting event specified in section 9; and

(b) the use, by the person, of the restricted category C article may only be for:

(i) participation in the event; or

(ii) training or preparation directly connected with the event; and

(c) the use, by the person, of the restricted category C article must not be for any purpose that is not covered by paragraph (b).