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Customs Amendment (Military End‑Use) Act 2012
No. 152, 2012
An Act to amend the Customs Act 1901, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Customs Act 1901
Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Act 2012 No. 152, 2012
An Act to amend the Customs Act 1901, and for related purposes
[Assented to 13 November 2012]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Customs Amendment (Military End‑Use) Act 2012.
2 Commencement This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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
Customs Act 1901
1 After Division 1 of Part VI Insert:
Division 1AA—Export of goods for a military end‑use
112BA Notice prohibiting export (1) If: (a) the Defence Minister suspects that, if a person (the first person) were to export particular goods to a particular place or to a particular person, the goods would or may be for a military end‑use that would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of Australia; and (b) the goods are not prohibited exports under section 112; the Defence Minister may give the first person a notice prohibiting the first person from exporting the goods to the particular place or particular person. Note: Section 112BB deals with giving notices under this section.
Reasons for notice (2) A notice given to a person under subsection (1) must set out the Defence Minister's reasons for giving the notice. (3) The notice must not disclose any reasons whose disclosure the Defence Minister believes would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of Australia. (4) If reasons are not disclosed in a notice under subsection (1) because of subsection (3), that fact must be stated in the notice.
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